stirrups
Hi,
sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am worried about having to use stirrups when I give birth. When I have had smears etc in the past I have never had to use them, I just led on the bed and sort of raised my knees and let them fall open. Can anyone tell me what stirrups are like and where they are on the bed, and how you 'fit' into them, where do your legs go etc? They sound awful and I think it would just help my worries to know a bit more about them?
Thanks
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sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am worried about having to use stirrups when I give birth. When I have had smears etc in the past I have never had to use them, I just led on the bed and sort of raised my knees and let them fall open. Can anyone tell me what stirrups are like and where they are on the bed, and how you 'fit' into them, where do your legs go etc? They sound awful and I think it would just help my worries to know a bit more about them?
Thanks
x
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They are on the sides of the bed where bed rails would be. They kind of lift up and are like metal poles with curved shaped padded ends on where you rest your lower legs.
Ive only ever had to use them once and that was when i was getting stitches after an episiotomy.
Toni x
i'm sure you won't need them though x