Course Module

Pelvic Health, Birth Lacerations, & Suturing (2018) - Microsoft Word document*

*NOTE: NMI's Study Group module formatting guidelines specify that students provide the text of each question, followed by a blank line and then their response. Sometimes cutting and pasting from the above pdf version causes formatting issues in your word processing document. If this occurs, please use this Microsoft Word version of the module for easier cutting and pasting.

Online Resources

• Some people do not like the multimedia pelvis in Anne Frye’s book. Here is the original paper only version of you prefer

• Coloring pages from Anne Frye

• Tear Prevention and Treatment Handbook, part of the Midwifery Today Holistic Midwifery series, available at midwiferytoday.com

Female Genital Cutting Websites

• Personal Account - Moving personal account of self-discovery and interactions with gynecologists from a woman who grew up in the United States after being circumcised as a young girl in Pakistan (podcast)

• Essay version of above podcast

• "Why Some Women Choose To Get Circumcised": The Atlantic

• Female Genital Cutting: .gov

• "Why We Should Stop Using the Phrase 'Female Genital Mutilation'

• Doctor Develops Alternative Rite of Passage Without Female Genital Mutilation

Kegels Websites

• "Why Kegels Are Bad For Your Pelvic Floor"

• Instructions on squatting

Suturing Videos

Squatting Videos