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olive oil for tearing??

Ok iv heard about rubbing olive oil between the vagina and anus to help tearing during delivery. .does it work???
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Polgara is right.  I was told no more than 2 minutes a day.
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Just rub it on or rub for a certain amount of time
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Wonderful thank you
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It work,  iI haven't torn or been cut with either of my previous pregnancies. Just do what countrymomtobe said in her comment and it should work.
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Any cold pressed oil.  It's called perineal massage & you have to do it after a hot shower.  If your vagina is a clock (anus being 6 o clock) run your thumb while pulling slightly from 3 o clock (one leg) to 9 o clock (other leg).  Dooo not go to 12.  Don't know why, but that's what the midwife who ran my birth class told me. Lol

so, coconut oil, olive oil work great.  I felt a little sore after the first time I did mine.  You have to do it consistently for it to be effective.  You can't stretch one day and expect to do the splits the next.  It takes time to build flexibility. I was told to begin it at 34 weeks.
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