Re: Tear during birth

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At Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Amy wrote: >
>After reading the delivery report of my son's birth, I noticed that they
>said I had an episotomy and also a suchal (sp?)tear. Can you tell me
>what suchal means and where that means the tear was located? I have
>looked all over for a definition of this word, but I can't find one. I
>thought the doctor said the second tear was farther back (close to my
>cervix) Is this possible? Are tears like this common?
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>--
>Amy
>

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J Wang, M.D
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Tufts University School of Medicine

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