🔘𝕊𝕃𝕆𝕎 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝔸𝔻𝕐 𝕎𝕀ℕ𝕊 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℝ𝔸ℂ𝔼🔘
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Contrary to belief, the slow delivery of the baby’s head over an intact perineum 𝘿𝙊𝙀𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙄𝙈𝙋𝘼𝘾𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙀𝙇𝙇 𝘽𝙀𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝘼𝘽𝙔!
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In fact, a baby who’s head was born slowly over an intact perineum has higher apgar scores upon birth.
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The rationale of speeding the baby’s head through the birth canal is not a valid one.
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A faster birth of the head does not equal a healthier baby.
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Slow, mother-led pushing, and allowing the fetal head to sit in the perineum with slow stretching decreases perineal trauma as well as gives the baby adequate time to benefit from chest compression in the vagina canal to remove amniotic fluid from lungs.
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Routine episiotomies are most certainly not healthier for mother or baby and is not recommended unless medically indicated.
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Rushing for no reason is 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝘼 𝙈𝙀𝘿𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙇 𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉!
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𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐌!
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