Yeah, that's the argument for episiotomies, that they help keep you from tearing. But there are other, safer ways to avoid tearing (Kelly could tell you more about that - perineal massage is one thing I know of, where you use massage to help everything stretch instead of tearing, but Kelly would know more about that than I would.) At any rate, I think doing them in certain situations where they are definitely needed makes sense, but doing them as *routine* doesn't make sense and seems to cause more harm than good.
I know what you mean about all the birthing info. It's almost overwhelming how many variables there are, and how many decisions there are to make! In Kelly's doula info, there was an article that was a few pages long that was just a list of every step/decision in the birth plan, and what the options were. When I'm planning this stuff, I think a list like that could help a lot, because it makes it seem a lot less huge and complicated and gives you easy places to start researching. But yes, adoption is also a good plan, and one I will definitely use if we decide we want more than one child. :)
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Re: epi
Date: 2005-05-15 04:06 pm (UTC)I know what you mean about all the birthing info. It's almost overwhelming how many variables there are, and how many decisions there are to make! In Kelly's doula info, there was an article that was a few pages long that was just a list of every step/decision in the birth plan, and what the options were. When I'm planning this stuff, I think a list like that could help a lot, because it makes it seem a lot less huge and complicated and gives you easy places to start researching. But yes, adoption is also a good plan, and one I will definitely use if we decide we want more than one child. :)