http://www.babiesonline.com/articles/pregnancy/oldwivestales.asp Babies Online Articles and Information Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:34:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.babiesonline.com/articles/pregnancy/oldwivestales.asp/comment-page-1#comment-3329 jael Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:20:17 +0000 http://208.79.203.56/articles/pregnancy/oldwivestales.asp#comment-3329 Boiling water was used in the old days for hot compresses on the vaginal area to help prevent tearing. Remember, no obstetricians and episiotomies back then. Comfortably warm/hot compresses can still be useful in modern-day deliveries - within reason. Wet, hot skin stretched too much won't have the same prepregnancy elasticity. Boiling water was used in the old days for hot compresses on the vaginal area to help prevent tearing. Remember, no obstetricians and episiotomies back then. Comfortably warm/hot compresses can still be useful in modern-day deliveries – within reason. Wet, hot skin stretched too much won’t have the same prepregnancy elasticity.

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