If you’re preparing for a vaginal birth, it’s to be expected that you might worry how your vagina and surrounding tissues will fare. Although perineal tears occur in most deliveries – especially first ...

You can get cuts or tears inside the vaginal tissues and on the external genital tissues (the vulva). Symptoms include pain, bleeding, swelling, bruising, and problems sitting or walking. Tears range ...

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied whether severe perineal tears – known as sphincter injuries – are reduced if the primary midwife has assistance of a colleague during the final ...

Hannah Dahlen receives funding from NHMRC and ARC. Christine Rubertsson receives funding from Lund university, Regional South Funds (SUS), Government ALF research grants from Lund university and Lund ...

A second degree tear usually requires stitches immediately after delivery to avoid complications. Typically, the pain and discomfort they cause resolve within a few weeks. Share on Pinterest Leah ...

A vaginal tear is an injury to the tissue around the vagina and rectum. It is also called a perineal laceration, and it often occurs during childbirth. Between 53–89% of people who give birth ...

Postpartum pain occurs after a woman gives birth and can have several causes. Oftentimes, when a woman gives birth, she either tears her perineum or her doctor must make a cut in it to widen the ...

A new mum has gone viral on TikTok after revealing her unique tip for reducing the risk of perineal tearing during birth – using a warm, olive oil compress. Speaking to her followers the new mum, who ...