The Joys Of Childbirth: Episiotomy

There are just some things the pregnancy books leave out... Take, for example, the E-Word. That’s E for EPISIOTOMY, and it basically entails slicing an entire part of your most private flesh with a surgical knife so that your baby’s head can pass through. What happens next -- how your body is sewn back together --depends entirely on the expertise of your obstetrician.

Had I known about this little proceduce before my daughter was born, I can assure you that I would have opted for a C-section. All I do know is that Es can get horribly infected, resulting in a wrenching pain that is bearable only because your newborn bundle of job has the power to distract you day and night.