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Fearless_Reaction592 t1_izsplgg wrote

Reply to comment by illraceyou96 in A question on the history of perineal stitches after giving birth by Endorion

I didn't know that was a thing either. I had to get emergency reconstructive surgery as she shredded my vagina as well as tearing my clit. It took months to not be in constant pain. And now I have decreased sensation and difficulty climaxing.

But of course all the MALE doctors I've seen are all "wow I can't even tell you had a baby let alone had that extensive tearing".

I'm so thankful that everyone I worked with at my birth and recovery including all the or staff were women.

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Skyblacker t1_iztruqi wrote

I wonder if something was lost in the shift from midwifery to male-dominated hospital births. Maybe our ancestors' midwives had knowledge of childbirth and recovery that's been lost to time or is only just being rediscovered.

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