Perineum
The perineum is the area between the vagina and the rectum.
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The perineum stretches and thins out over your baby's head as he or she is born.
If your perineum can't stretch enough to allow your baby's head to come out it will either tear or require cutting (this is called an episiotomy).
Perineum: The area between the external genitalia and the anus.
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Perineum
The triangular area of skin and underlying muscles between the vagina and the anus.
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Perineum
The area between the vagina and the anus. The perineum is stretched during a vaginal delivery, and may be cut during labour in a procedure known as an episiotomy.
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Perineum: The region between the anus and genitals.
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Pitocin: The synthetic form of oxytocin.
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The perineum is the area between the vagina and anus. When an episiotomy is performed during childbirth, it is the perineum that is cut.
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Perineum: The area behind the vaginal opening.
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Perineum: The perineum is the region of the body inferior to the pelvic diaphragm and between the legs. A diamond-shaped area on the inferior surface of the trunk which includes the anus and, in females, the vagina.
Perineum - The area between the vaginal and anal opening.
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Perineum - Area between the vaginal and anal opening in women
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Perineum - Area between the anus and the vagina.
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Perineum (also called the Perineal Area)-This is the area between the vagina and the anus.
Perineum
This is the skin between your vagina and your anus. It stretches against the pressure of your baby's head during the birth, and it needs to have a lot of 'give' so you don't tear.
Perineum: The skin, and muscles which surround the urethra (the opening to the bladder), the vagina, and the anus.
Placenta: The vascular structure developed in pregnancy through which nutrition and excretion takes place between mother and baby.
Perineum soreness
The perineum is the area between your vagina and rectum. It stretches during labor and vaginal birth. Sometimes it may even tear. It often is sore after you give birth.
Perineum
The part of the body between the inner thighs on either side, with the buttocks to the rear and the sex organs at the front.
Pitocin
Synthetic oxytocin, a uterus stimulating drug.
The perineum must stretch far beyond its ordinary limits as the baby is born.
Watch the perineum to check how it is stretching.
Check whether the cord is around your baby's neck. If it is, she'll ease it over his head.
Guide your baby out and lift your baby onto your partner's tummy.
The woman's perineum after the birth
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Guarding the perineum versus watchful waiting during birth
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Cold Packs to the perineum. This can be done at first with special maxi pads that have cold packs built in.
Sitz baths.
Because of increased pressure on the rectum and perineum, and the increased likelihood of becoming constipated as the pregnancy progresses, hemorrhoids are common in late pregnancy. Avoiding constipation and straining may help to prevent hemorrhoids.
If your perineum (the area of skin between the vagina and the anus) was cut by your doctor or if it was torn during the birth, the stitches may make it painful to sit or walk for a little while during healing.
The surgeon makes an incision in the perineum. That's the area between the scrotum and the anus. With this surgery an extra incision in the abdomen is needed to remove lymph nodes.
On Your Side: Takes pressure off your perineum and keeps the weight of your uterus off the blood vessel called the inferior vena cava, maximizing blood flow to your uterus and your baby.
Different positions may put less pressure on your perineum. You may feel more comfortable sitting upright, lying on your side, or getting down on your hands and knees, for example.
Avoid having anyone push down on your belly to speed up delivery.
Different positions may put less pressure on your perineum.
Avoid having anyone push down on your belly in an effort to speed up delivery. To keep from tearing, your perineum needs to stretch slowly and gently.
The perineum will be very sore for a few days to a few weeks after delivery, depending on the severity. Episiotomies generally hurt worse when you are sitting, walking or using the bathroom. It is critical that you keep the episiotomy site clean.
An episiotomy is a surgical cut in the muscular area between your vagina and anus (the perineum) which is performed right before delivery to enlarge your vaginal opening.
Episiotomy - A small incision of the perineum made to enlarge the vaginal opening during childbirth. An episiotomy is done in your labor/delivery room and is performed by your doctor.
Episiotomy: To create more room for manoeuvre your midwife may make a small cut in your perineum (the area between your vagina and anus) to widen the opening of the vagina (this will be stitched after the birth).
In order to forestall this, it is most probable that your doctor will inject you in the perineum with a local anesthetic and with a pair of sterile scissors make the desired cut.
In addition, even though you'll probably be told to only use an ice pack on your perineum for the first 24 hours after delivery, if it feels good to apply one for 30 minutes here and there throughout the day, there's nothing wrong with doing so.
If this is happening quickly, your health professional may advise you not to push every time, which may give the perineum, or area between the vulva and the anus, a chance to stretch without tearing.
Kegel exercises are pelvic floor exercises that help tone the muscles in the vagina and perineum, which is important for delivery. Conditioned muscles will make the birthing process easier.
There are, however, activities you can do to strengthen the perineum, and these may lower your chances of undergoing the procedure.
Your caregiver will instruct you to pant or blow at this point to allow for a slower delivery of the head and shoulders; this allows your perineum to stretch. Do not hold your breath. Usually babies are born facing the mother's back.
If you've had a previously bad tear, the chances of the same thing happening are less, since the tissues of the vagina and perineum have already been "elasticized" once.
Reduces the need for an epistiomy-a surgical incision made in the perineum to enlarge the vagina and facilitate delivery.
Reduces pressure of the uterus on major blood vessels and the perineum.
Is more relaxing for the mother.
Helps prevent back ache.
Q How should I care for my perineum after giving birth?
It is common after giving birth to have a vaginal discharge called lochia, a combination of blood and the sloughed uterine lining.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reports that performing pelvic floor exercises after childbirth can help your perineum, which is the area between your vagina and rectum, heal more quickly.
Plus, with an epidural, you'll be hooked up to equipment and lose sensation in your legs, so you won't be free to squat or get into positions that may both reduce pushing time and help stretch your perineum.
Episiotomy: A vertical cut made in the perineum (the skin between the vagina and the anus) to expedite delivery. This is often done to avoid jagged tearing or laceration of the vaginal opening and rectum
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This is a localised pain relief option where the anaesthetic is injected into the vagina that numbs the vulva, vagina and the perineum.
A surgical incision made to the perineum during the birthing process to enlarge the vaginal opening.
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Constipation combined with the increased pressure on the rectum and perineum due to the growing baby is another reason for hemorrhoids during pregnancy.
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A cut or tear in tissues. Spontaneous lacerations of the perineum (the area between the vagina and anus) may occur as a result of childbirth. Perineal lacerations are classified by degree.
episiotomy - an incision through the vaginal wall and the perineum (the area between the thighs, extending from the anus to the vaginal opening) to help deliver the fetus.
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Episiotomy - This is a procedure where an incision is made in the perineum (area between the vagina and the anus) to make the vaginal opening larger in order to prevent the area from tearing during delivery.
Episiotomy: An incision made in the perineum to enlarge the vaginal opening just before the emergence of the baby's head.
Episiotomy
An incision / cut made into the perineum to widen the vaginal opening for childbirth, done using local anaesthetic.
- In the sea or in a swimming pool, swimming is an excellent sport for easing your body, strengthening the muscles in the stomach, back, kidneys and thighs, and making your joints and perineum more supple.
If there is a risk of tearing, the physician may perform an episiotomy - an incision through the vaginal wall and the perineum (the area between the thighs, extending from the anus to the vaginal opening) to help deliver the fetus.
If not, depending upon how dilated you are, a doctor may break your water. You may or not have your perineum shaved. You may or may not have an enema. All of this should have been decided upon in your birth plan.
The last thing you want, therefore, is for a doctor's cut to your vaginal area to continue to tear with the stress and strain created by the force of a baby being born, thus potentially injuring you or damaging your perineum.
As your baby's head begins to be born, your doctor may ask you to stop pushing and gently pant. This makes sure that your baby is born gently and slowly, and should reduce the risk of tearing your perineum.
 See also: Pregnancy, Delivery, Vagina, Pregnant, Episiotomy
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