Kvinders erfaringer med EPINO

EPI NO er helt nyt i Danmark, men som udgangspunkt tror vi ikke, at danske kvinder adskiller sig væsentligt fra kvinder i England, Schweiz, Holland, Tyskland, Norge mv, når det gælder overvejelser omkring, hvordan de sikrer en god fødsel af deres babyer.

Vi har derfor valgt at bringe nogle udtalelser fra hhv engelske og tyske kvinder. Vi vil snart kunne bringe mere detaljerede erfaringsbeskrivelser fra danske kvinder, der har trænet med EPINO. Kontakt os gerne hvis du har lyst til at indgå i et forløb, hvor du deler dine personlige EPI NO erfaringer med os og en tilknyttet jordemoder.

"The best thing about using epi-no was the real sense of preparation that I felt prior to giving birth – I really felt that I was doing myself a favour! When I was in the final stages of pushing my baby out, the stretching feeling was familiar and therefore gave me more confidence when I needed it.”
Melanie Roberts. Hinkley

“It really helped me to be less afraid of the birth process as I was terrified of tearing and the sensation of stretching etc. But practising pushing out the epi-no alienated that fear as well as helped me to understand which muscles to use for pushing out the baby. I highly recommend using the epi-no and I will definitely use it again.”
Emily Jennings. London

“After an episiotomy with my first baby I was eager to avoid the same thing happening again. However given the size and weight of my second baby (11lb 4oz) I was lucky to have been strong enough to push it out unaided. Worthy comments from midwives and doctors alike; the tears would have been much worse if not for the preparation with epi-no”
Monika Fines. Surrey

"... Hallo,

I too have experiences with the Epi-No and can only say that I will use it in the next pregnancy. I bought the equipment because I was terrified of having birth injuries.

The birth was unfortunately not easy. Our daughter had to finally be drawn out with the vacuum extractor. And what should I say:

NO TEAR, NO CUT – EVERYTHING INTACT.

My gynaecologist was so surprised (he had never experienced a vacuum birth without tear or cut) that he asked me if I had done any preparation. When I told him what I had used, he was astonished and said he would now examine the Epi-No more closely.

Incidentally, I did not have any kind of perineum massage* with oils or other things. The other women in my circle of friends (approx. 6), who gave birth at the same time as I did, depended mainly on perineum massage and all of them, without exception, either had to have a Caesarean or suffered a perineum tear during birth. I am, as it were, the only completely “uninjured” one.

My pelvic floor was only days after the birth once again in good condition and I even felt fit again on the day of the birth. My attending gynaecologist looked really shocked when 6 weeks after the birth I climbed onto the chair. She said to me: “But you had a vacuum birth – it says so in the clinic documentation – how come you have no cut or tear? Is there a mistake?” When I said that there was no mistake, she said she had never seen anything like it. ..."

* Note:
Perineum massage is naturally a further very suitable means of birth preparation and is carried out very competently by midwives. The combination of perineum massage and the use of the EPI-NO is very effective.