Protecting and honoring the integrity of your body by refusing routine episiotomies (surgical incision of the perineum) in normal vaginal birth.

➜ Believing in your body’s ability to open, soften, and stretch not only empowers you but also reduces the risk of more intense tearing seen with unnecessary medical interventions.

➜ Instead, you choose acts of love and trust for your body by using natural supportive choices such as a warm compress on the perineum and slow, controlled pushing as the baby’s head is born.