Episiotomy worries

I wonder if you might be fretting too much about the possibility of an episiotomy. Watching someone else giving birth can sometimes be frightening. It is very different when you are having a baby yourself.

I don’t think there is much difference in the length of the gap between the anus and vagina from one woman to another. In any case, when a baby is being delivered, the perineum is extremely stretched, so a measurement of 3 cm then would be quite different to that measurement under normal circumstances.

I’ve actually written about episiotomies – ‘Episiotomies: The Nasty Cut?’ –
this article should answer your questions and hopefully reassure you.