episiotomy

Converse of object

• need: The better you prepare your perineal tissues for stretching, the less likely they are to tear, or to need an episiotomy.
• have: The Vietnamese women were most likely to have an episiotomy.
• perform: Among over 1,300 home births I performed three episiotomies.
• do: Does an episiotomy change a birth into a delivery?
• avoid: Although I avoided the episiotomy I did tear from finally pushing him out so fast.
• give: I was given an episiotomy without even being asked.

Adjective modifier

• previous: She wanted to be able to protect my perineum, which I learned had not one, but two scars from the previous episiotomy.
• restrictive: The Cost of Routine versus Restrictive Episiotomy in Argentina.
• few: Home birth mothers had fewer episiotomies but more first-degree perineal tears.
• large: To many women the prospect of a forceps or ventouse delivery, together with the often accompanying large episiotomy, is terrifying.

Modifies a noun

• rate: There was large regional variation in episiotomy rate - from 26 % to 67 % .
• scar: Q. Is it normal to feel pain in my episiotomy scar?
• policy: Restrictive episiotomy policies appear to have a number of benefits compared to routine episiotomy policies.