He asks the midwife to perform “the husband’s stitch” on his wife, obstetrical violence

But what was going through his mind to ruin one of the happiest days of his life? On the Reddit site, a mother spoke to explain that she had started in black anger against his husband just minutes after giving birth. The reason for his wrath? A remark from the dad while the midwife was sewing her up.

The 28-year-old young mother, originally from the United Kingdom, initially explains that the work had been « horrible » and that she had given birth to a boy, “a big baby” a little over 4 kg. A baby so big that it caused numerous tears during its passage. The placement of stitches was therefore essential. It was then that Shawn, the dad, entered the delivery room and called out to the midwife, who was busy stitching up his partner: “Do you think you could add some stitches for me ? » he asked her.

“The husband’s point”, obstetric violence

The “extra stitches” that Shawn, 32, requested are what’s called the “husband stitch.” A 2011 Belgian study, Aesthetic Surgery of the Female Genitalia, traces the practice’s beginnings to the mid-1950s. But the “husband’s point” began to gain attention in 2014, when midwife Agnès Ledig , denounces this practice, which consists, after an episiotomy or a case of tearing during childbirth,…

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