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How can you reduce the need for an episiotomy ?
-good nutrition(healthy skin stretches more easily!)
-a slowed second stage of labor where pushing is
controlled
-warm compresses and support perineum
-perineum massage
State in your birth plan that you prefer not to have an episiotomy unless absolutely necessary.