Hi All,

I have read in many parenting magazines that episiotemy (a surgical cut doctors give in the perennium area to ease normal delivery) is not mandatory and given only if needed. I am in pune now and attending Antenatal classes in a reputed hospitals where our teacher said here it' s a normal practice to cut in all normal deliveries.

Is it so every where.

Appreciate any more info on this.

Thanks
Aparna suman replied. Episiotomies are done in such cases where mother is not in a position to push...and ya it can be avoided if u start massage the perinium(the place between anal region and vagina)regularly from seventh month of pregnancy...
any ways its Episiotomy is not painful...even it is not cut the area becomes very sensitive...so its one and the same..... Divya Deswal replied. Episiotomies should not be routine and the perinium should be messaged and allowed to stretch, Talk to your doctor about perineal massage, and usinf a warm water compress at the perinium at the time of delivery Sh replied. Looks like Epistomy is done by default in most Indian metro cities. Heard that this used to be the case in US few years back & not any more.