Perineal massage

Didn’t do it with my first as he came very early and had two minor tears, however did it with my second as well as laboring in a warm bath and didn’t tear at all!! X

I tried it and failed with my first, I only had a graze from the birth. I don’t think it has a massive correlation

I've tried to do it a few times since 36 weeks and found it incredibly uncomfortable 🙁 xx

i don’t know if it helps yet but i’m 37+3 and done it 3 times a week since 36 weeks, it was so so uncomfortable at first but definitely seems to be getting a bit more bearable so hopefully it’s doing something !!! x

@Jenna Louise it definitely feels like it gets a bit easier with time 🥺x

I think we need to look at it from the point of it might not necessarily help as in you won’t tear at all because the stats are very high like 9 in 10 women tear up, but maybe if you didn’t do the massage, you’d have 3rd degree tear instead of 2. If you’re doing it every other day for 7-10 minutes, 4 cm in and really pressing it down on 3-6-9 and the quarters too!! then I think it will help. At least I hope so! Don’t forget to breathe through it and relax, we’re just simply stretching the muscles and it’s always good to stretch before marathon (aka birth)