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The Length of Second Stage of Labor Is Not Related to the Incidence of Anal Sphincter Injury
Anal sphincter disruption (sometimes referred to as a fourth-degree laceration or laceration from the vagina through the circular muscle that surrounds the anus) is a birth injury that can have…
The Most Scientific Birth Is Often the Least Technological Birth
Dr. Alice Dreger writes in the April 2012 issue of The Atlantic, "If you look at scientific literature, you find over and over again that many interventions increase risk to…