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A collection of resources for healthcare professionals treating patients with OASI injuries

Powerpoint Downloads

General Practice perspective on OASI

OASI CARE BUNDLE

OASI Midwive’s Perspective

Physiotherapy Support for Women after OASI

Reducing OASI – PEACHES Care

Sex after Perineal Trauma

PDF Downloads

Anal Incontinence after OASI Study

The Social psychological emotional morbidity and adjustment techniques for women with anal incontinence following obstetric anal sphincter injury

External Links

https://www.iuga.org/resources/video-library/resources

This video from Australia demonstrates what an antenatal discussion informing women about the risks of OASI before they give birth looks like:

 

Listening to Women after a Birth Injury – a Psychiatrist’s Perspective. Dr Rebecca Moore – Co-founder of the Make Birth Better Charity

 

 

The stats speak for themselves.
More women are affected and need support…

85%

of women with severe birth injury said it impacted on their relationship with their child

78%

were affected by traumatic memories of the birth

52%

stated they were embarrassed by the symptoms of their injury

49%

of women affected said they doubted their ability to mother

45%

suffered postnatal depression as a result of their injury

24%

of women affected regretted having a child because of the injuries sustained