Caesarean section, episiotomy: the figures for maternity hospitals in Ile-de-France
© Getty ImagesAs part of the regional health project 2018-2022the Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency undertook to reflect on the relevance ...
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Childbirth: a hashtag to break the postpartum taboo
On social networks, women share posts about the postpartum period. They tell about their difficulties to raise awareness. Women have ...
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Childbirth: episiotomy can be useful if instruments are used
Performed in one in five deliveries, episiotomy is a surgical procedure that tends to be practiced less and less. A ...
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Episiotomy: gynecologists and obstetricians recommend doing it less
Performed in one in five deliveries, episiotomy is a medical procedure often dreaded by women. A fear heard by the ...
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The right steps to take good care of your episiotomy
© ThinkstockAfter an episiotomy, the suture will remain sensitive for several days, especially in a sitting position. But a few ...
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How to recover from your episiotomy?
© iStockEpisiotomy can lead to difficult diapersIf this surgical incision of the perineum aimed at facilitating the exit of the ...
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Childbirth: can we avoid an episiotomy?
Does the use of episiotomy depend on maternity hospitals?Professor Jacques Lansac's response: “Theepisiotomy aims to allow the mother to have ...
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Childbirth: why a tear is better than an episiotomy
© Getty ImagesAccording to the latest National perinatal survey performed in 2016, the episiotomy rate in France is today 20%. ...
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Childbirth: less frequent episiotomy
What is the typical portrait of pregnant women in 2010? She is generally older than in 2003, tells us the ...
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Episiotomy: a great French taboo?
December 13, 2016. Episiotomy too frequent in France? Many French women worry about it when choosing the maternity hospital where ...
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Episiotomy: predictive medicine must develop
Marlène Schiappa's statements have revived the debate around episiotomies. A working group of obstetrician-gynecologists is considering its indications.The numbers are ...
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Childbirth: episiotomy leaves psychological sequelae
Women who have a perineal incision before childbirth are more at risk of developing low self-esteem.The episiotomy is not trivial ...
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Episiotomy: controversy between government and obstetricians
© iStockPhotosSome believe that it is obstetric violence, others deny using it too often. The episiotomy is the subject of ...
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Episiotomy: a singer victim of flatulence files a complaint
Suffering from anal incontinence and gas from the episiotomy suffered during her childbirth, singer Amy Herbst is asking for $ ...
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Childbirth: women have fewer episiotomies
Women giving birth in the United States experience fewer and fewer episiotomies. In France too, even if the figures are ...
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Childbirth: the risks of induction overestimated
A study finds that artificially induced deliveries have a lower risk of cesarean section than natural deliveries. Results that go ...
Read moreEpisiotomy in decline
March 15, 2002 - The practice of episiotomy (surgical incision of the perineum) continues to decline in the United States, ...
Read moreThe excesses of demedicalization of pregnancy
Health professionals are concerned about this trend which can put women at risk. “I would like to give birth squatting. ...
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