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Peggy Seehafer

GynZone Live proudly presents:
Peggy Seehafer, Midwife, Anthropologist

How can midwives help to prevent anal sphincter injuries during birth?

October 4th, 2021. Sign up here:
English presentation, 18.00 PM CEST

October 6th, 2021. Sign up here:
Danish presentation, 09.00 AM CEST
German presentation, 12.00 noon CEST

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Peggy Seehafer, Midwife Anthropologist

How can midwives help to prevent anal sphincter injuries during birth?

Meet GynZone Live: Meet the Expert Midwife Peggy Seehafer.

Sign up for the english presentation, October 4th, 2021, 18.00 PM CEST
Sign up for the danish presentation, October 6th, 2021, 09.00 AM CEST
Sign up for the german presentation, October 6th, 2021, 12.00 noon CEST

Peggy Seehafer’s presentation includes:

  • Incidence of OASI
  • Individual risk assessment
  • Correlation with obstetric procedures
  • Obstetric processes that are influenced by midwives and hospital organization
  • What is the current evidence about perineal protection?
  • RCOG multi-center trial on perineal protection: did manual techniques make a difference?

Link to online learning at GynZone:
Vaginal birth and perineal protection

 

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Upcoming webinars: The history of the episiotomy and current research

In Germany, home visits by midwives are offered up to 10 times after the birth.

Sign up for the English presentation, November 4th, 2021, 16.00 PM CEST
Sign up for the Danish presentation, November 4th, 2021, 19.00 PM CEST

Peggy Seehafer’s presentation includes

  • The history of the episiotomy: why was the procedure invented?
  • WHO guidelines for good practice: max 10% episiotomies
  • Angle of the incision: 45 or 60 degrees?
  • Starting point for the incision: mediolateral or lateral?
  • Instruments on the market and new inventions in England and the Netherlands
  • Healing after an episiotomy: what does the woman feel?
  • Long-term perspective on women’s abdomen: follow-up 30 years after birth

Link to online learning at GynZone:

Episiotomy, background, indications and procedure: https://my.gynzone.com/courses/77-episiotomy

Episiotomy repair https://my.gynzone.com/courses/10-episiotomy

 

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Watch the Danish webinar recordings

 

Diagnosis of birth lacerations

Meet our GynZone Live Expert: Midwife Peggy Seehafer. Peggy has 30 years of experience in suturing and evaluating healing in the perineum after vaginal births.

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The presentation will consist of medical illustrations, photos and clinical video

  • Classification grade 1-4 according to international guidelines
  • Pelvic floor anatomy: vaginal mucosa, perineal muscles and connective tissue
  • Diagnosis explained with illustrations, photos and video: Tears of 1st – 4th grade and episiotomy
  • Good working conditions when you inspect after the birth
  • Optimal placement of the woman and the newborn child during diagnosis and suturing
  • GynZones OSATS: a checklist for performing diagnostics correctly

Link to online video library and Quiz with course certificate at GynZone on this topic: https://my.gynzone.com/courses/64-diagnostics