hawkxp71 t1_izt00m3 wrote on December 11, 2022 at 5:08 PM

There is a difference between a natural tear and an episiotomy done to prevent that tear.

A preventative cut to expand the vagina, so the tearing and rupturing is controlled, has nothing to do with the "husband stich"

So I found this post very confusing.

If a woman ruptures during birth, should the doctor just say, oh well that's nature?

Extra/unnecessary medical procedures are illegal, just adding stitches on the hope/guess that it might make the vagina smaller, is illegal.

So what is the point of this post?

Endorion OP t1_iztkf0c wrote on December 11, 2022 at 7:21 PM

I know there is a difference, but so far I only found sources on episiotomy and the stitches following that procedure, but no sources on stitches after natural tears.

I have said nothing about husband stitches, although I read about the practice (or urban legend) while googling the subject of pereneal stitching. I also have never said that doctors should let tears happen (and leave untreated?), so count me equally confused.