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.

• 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.

• 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.