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Perineal tears and episiotomy

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Sometimes your birth may not go as you had planned, For example, episiotomy, ventouse / forceps birth/ unplanned caesarean birth.  Below we discuss what might happen. 

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Episiotomy and perineal tears
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Episiotomy
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Third- and fourth-degree tears (OASI)
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