Perineal massage

[Lovemybump1]

Planning on giving this a shot. Any advice??

One question though, how often should I do it? Every day or is that too much?

 

[SamsMum]

With my first baby, my husband did it for me maybe every other day and we used organic olive oil. He could put more pressure than I could!

Didn't make any difference as I ended up with a c-section, so can't comment if it would have helped against tearing or not! xx

 

[MrsFernihough]

My midwife gave me a leaflet on it, it says 5mins everyday x

 

[Mjane84]

My midwife gave me a leaflet on it, it says 5mins everyday x

My hypnobirthing books says the same. What's pretty funny is that it specifies to use a small dish to hold the olive oil and to discard of it and not reuse it. Um, gross?!?!

 

[SamsMum]

My midwife gave me a leaflet on it, it says 5mins everyday x

My hypnobirthing books says the same. What's pretty funny is that it specifies to use a small dish to hold the olive oil and to discard of it and not reuse it. Um, gross?!?!

Lol - just incase you wanted some extra flavour with your roasted vegetables!

 

[Emma867]

I'm gonna give it a miss....

Besides, I only use garlic infused olive oil....

 

[Lizbet12]

I did it from 35wks with my wee girl and no tearing which I was over the moon about. Had been told by others that getting stitched was worse than giving birth! Plan to do the same again x

 

[Lovemybump1]

Garlic infused.........interesting!! Lizbet did you do it every day?

 

[Luckypawprint]

Stalking!!!

 

[Lizbet12]

Yeh I just got into the habit of doing it everyday.....

My one question when my epidural fell out was 'do I have enough in my system if I need stitches'

After being handed my beautiful daughter my first question was do I need stitched - had built up the fear so was delighted all I had to deal with was a couple of grazes

Xx

 

[Katteh]

I did it with my first pregnancy and no tears (despite the midwife's first comment when she came out being "look at the size of that head!") I think I did it daily. Started two days ago with this pregnancy and I think I'll do it daily again x

 

[Sooz]

What gestation did you all start it? My consultant recommended giving it a go to try and avoid another 3rd degree tear.