Peggy Seehafer

The history of the episiotomy and current research

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

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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

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• Episiotomy, background, indications and procedure
• Episiotomy repair

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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