Perineum Massage Techniques: Its Benefits For Normal Delivery

Perineum Massage Techniques: Its Benefits For Normal Delivery . The area between anus and vagina is called perineum.

Perineum massage is advised to be practiced in pregnant women, who are around 34 to 35 weeks pregnant. The main benefit of perineum massage is to reduce the chances of abrasions and episiotomy during labor. Episiotomy is a small cut made in the perineum to facilitate easy passage of fetus, especially in women who are in labor for the first time.

How To Do Perineal Massage?

Techniques of the perineum massage are:

• Clean your hands with soap water and dry them with a clean cloth. It prevents introduction of germs into the birth canal.
  
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• Cut your fingernails as the tissues of vagina and perineum are delicate. It will help to prevent tears and scratches.
• Find a place where you can sit comfortably. Sit on the bed and keep a pillow at the back side to be comfortable and relaxed.
• Apply olive oil, or KY jelly to your fingers and thumb and some part of it on the perineum.
• With both your thumbs in the vagina you can press them in downward direction.
• You may experience a stretched feeling and burning sensation. Hold your thumb for a minute or two until you feel a numb sensation.
  
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• Gently massage the lower region of vagina with your thumbs. During this process the muscles of pelvis should be kept as relaxed as possible.
• Do the massage regularly at least once in a day. After a period of time, you may feel the area of perineum has become much stretchable.

Benefits Of Perineum Massage For Normal Delivery

You can use any lubricant oil instead of KY jelly around the perineum and thumb.

• When you are doing massage, you will have to pull gently the perineal portion of vagina. Keep both of your thumbs inside the vagina while doing so. This exercise will facilitate easy delivery of the fetus without giving much stress to the muscles and the skin of perineum. Practice this massage two times in a day, for 5 to 10 minutes from 34 week till the time of birth of child.
• Perineal massage can be done either by the pregnant women or by her partner.
• You can do olive oil massage either in semi sitting position.
• The effective lubrication with olive oil allows the thumb and fingers to move smoothly in the perineal area and vaginal wall. Olive oil is safe and there are lesser chances of irritation in the area that has to be massaged.

With the perineum massage there are chances for the mother to give birth without performing episiotomy or abrasions. With perineum massage several days before labor there is an increased chance of delivery without any tear in the perineal area.