A handy Checklist ✅
As a birth professional, what should you remember to ask and to examine for at the postnatal checkup of the birth laceration?
Is bleeding, pain, and swelling decreasing ? 🩸
Is the person continent for feces? 💩
Are the sutures holding as they should? 🪡
Is there initial good healing? ❤️🩹
Is the normal anatomy of the vulva restored? 🌸
Are the pelvic floor muscles beginning to function? 💪
Is there good substance in the perineal muscles? 👌
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