Comments on: The Suturing Saga continues http://www.bellytales.com/2006/09/26/the-suturing-saga-continues/ The Diary of a New Midwife Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mama Bee http://www.bellytales.com/2006/09/26/the-suturing-saga-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-2899 Mama Bee Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:46:56 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/2006/09/25/the-suturing-saga-continues/#comment-2899 The foam stitching is hilarious! I have every confidence that you'll practice your fingers to the bone :-) My midwife likes to say that if you stick two pieces of perineum in a room together they'll find eachother--the body is remarkably good at healing itself. Just wait until you come across a tear that needs stitching! I had a 2nd degree tear that my midwife stitched, it healed together beautifully except that a skin tag formed and remained irritated and tender until we tied it off--it baffled both of us... but life goes on! Suture on dear student :-) The foam stitching is hilarious! I have every confidence that you’ll practice your fingers to the bone :-) My midwife likes to say that if you stick two pieces of perineum in a room together they’ll find eachother–the body is remarkably good at healing itself. Just wait until you come across a tear that needs stitching!

I had a 2nd degree tear that my midwife stitched, it healed together beautifully except that a skin tag formed and remained irritated and tender until we tied it off–it baffled both of us… but life goes on!

Suture on dear student :-)

]]> By: k http://www.bellytales.com/2006/09/26/the-suturing-saga-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 k Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:46:04 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/2006/09/25/the-suturing-saga-continues/#comment-2876 Bring on the chicken! Looks to me like you've got that foam stitched up within an inch of it's life. ;) We mamas are a lot more patient and forgiving than you seem to give us credit for! I've survived a bad suture job (yes I looked, to cut them out as I tore them apart with a sneeze) and a good one. I believe the difference is that the second time, midwife explained why and where and how she was going to do it... It was needed, I argued for leaving things be. She explained why she didn't want to leave it and why that was important for me. Both were 3 degree (? is this a term used universally) tears. Not so pleasant, but the second was a much easier healing. Bring on the chicken! Looks to me like you’ve got that foam stitched up within an inch of it’s life. ;)
We mamas are a lot more patient and forgiving than you seem to give us credit for! I’ve survived a bad suture job (yes I looked, to cut them out as I tore them apart with a sneeze) and a good one. I believe the difference is that the second time, midwife explained why and where and how she was going to do it… It was needed, I argued for leaving things be. She explained why she didn’t want to leave it and why that was important for me.
Both were 3 degree (? is this a term used universally) tears. Not so pleasant, but the second was a much easier healing.

]]> By: sagefemme http://www.bellytales.com/2006/09/26/the-suturing-saga-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 sagefemme Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:14:39 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/2006/09/25/the-suturing-saga-continues/#comment-2870 as long as the edges come together, how it looks doesn't matter much! it's not like it's embroidery. :) good work! :) as long as the edges come together, how it looks doesn’t matter much! it’s not like it’s embroidery. :)

good work! :)

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