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One of "my" moms in Lamaze class ordered some neat pamphlets from the ICEA catalog describing perineal massage for stretching the perineum for birth without episiotomy. It is illustrated and quite graphic but then it does need to be doesn't it?

I usually don't give it out on the first night of class since I don't always have people open to new ideas in my hospital based class. I like to lead them in gentley and win them over! The title is Prenatal Perineal Massage and the address for ICEA is:

ICEA
PO Box 20048
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55420 USA
http://www.icea.org/

Cyndi Klausing, RN, ACCE, has been a childbirth educator and breastfeeding counselor for over 18 years. She currently works as a newborn nursery nurse and is the mother of four sons.

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