| 1. | Episiotomy is an incision made in the perineum during vaginal delivery.
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| 2. | A scar from an episiotomy was also found on her body.
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| 3. | By the 1970s, 90 % of delivering women received an episiotomy.
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| 4. | Until the late 1970s, practically all women delivering in hospitals had episiotomies.
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| 5. | There are times when cutting an episiotomy is warranted.
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| 6. | Some childbirth facilities have a policy of routine episiotomy.
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| 7. | For primipara, an episiotomy may be performed before inserting the vaginal hand.
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| 8. | Her episiotomy _ an incision made to prevent vaginal tearing _ can become infected.
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| 9. | Others will not automatically do an episiotomy until they have exhausted all other options.
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| 10. | But Lynne was still coughing so hard she feared her episiotomy stitches would burst.
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