One of the biggest worries women have prior to labour starting is will I tear during birth?

This week on The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast we welcome back our Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Expert Dr Peter Jurcevic on the Podcast to talk about vaginal tearing, how it happens and ways in which you can potentially avoid a tear.

Dr Peter Jurcevic is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with over 28 years of obstetrics and gynaecological experience. He specialises in high risk obstetrics and natural birthing practices. He is one of the pioneers of the Maternally Assisted Cesarean.

We discuss:

- Vaginal Tearing in birth. How does a vaginal tear occur?

- The percentage of women who sustain a vaginal tear during birth

- The different degrees of vaginal tearing in birth

- How best to recover from a tear

- If tearing has any long-term consequences

- If tearing affects your future births?

- Masure's you can put in place to help avoid vaginal tears

- The role of an EPI-NO

- Vaginal massage, how it is performed

- Does having other interventions increase your chances of tearing

The Expert Guide To Parenthood Podcast is proudly supported by Mustela natural origin skincare, by parents' side since 1950.

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