Guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 I was talking to my temorary girlfriend last night about childbirth in Thailand. She said that after her daughter was born the doctor gave her a few stitches in some kind of simple operation. She explained that it was because women were 'wide' after childbirth and it was standard procedure in Thailand to do this. This would explain why Thai women are generally much tighter than their western counterparts even after childbirth. I knew that this was an optional procedure for women in the states who wanted to tighten things up, but I don't think it's standard after childbirth. Anybody know more about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 Well this is Scuba's domain but.... I will just mention that I have heard of women recieving a small incision shortly before child birth intended to assist the motheer in pushing out the big turd. This would likely need to be sewn up after the little turd has been freed from where he will ever more strugle to return. Originally i think this surgery was intended to assist the labouring mother but hey if it protects the goods from damage so be it [ September 05, 2001: Message edited by: Pom_Jao_Choo ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSTEACH Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 The procedure is called an episiotomy. Small incision to prevent tearing of the vaginal area during childbirth. An extra stitch is added after the baby is born and is referred to as the "love knot." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 Yup.......I used to work in the OB/GYN ward of an Air Force Hospital. That's a typical procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamokhamok Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 Just make sure that you're not 'in there' when they start to do the stitching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 ... yet another reason to be glad YOU'RE not a female --UPSer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomc12 Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 Thai women are tighter than western women after childbirth because they are smaller to begin with and not because of extra stitches put in. An episiotomy is done mainly to prevent the tissue from tearing. Repairing an episiotomy correctly is easier than repairing correctly a swollen torn perineum. Tightness of the vagina outlet depends on reconstruction of the perineal body and not on a few extra stitches placed in the skin. Skin by itself doesn't have enough structural integrity to determine tightness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lembeh Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 quote: Originally posted by tomc12: Thai women are tighter than western women after childbirth because they are smaller to begin with and not because of extra stitches put in. An episiotomy is done mainly to prevent the tissue from tearing. Repairing an episiotomy correctly is easier than repairing correctly a swollen torn perineum. Tightness of the vagina outlet depends on reconstruction of the perineal body and not on a few extra stitches placed in the skin. Skin by itself doesn't have enough structural integrity to determine tightness. Actually the few papers I read on this say pretty categorically that a "tear" heals much better, and with fewer complications than a straight edge incision...try telling that to most medics though..sigh. They just love those shiney scalpels.. -j- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.