Ventouse (n = 71 | Forceps (n = 29) | Emergency Section (n = 76) | Elective Section (n = 22) | Normal Delivery* (n = 189) | Normal Delivery (Intact Perineum)* (n = 75) | All Deliveries (n = 470) | |
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Urinary Incontinence | |||||||
Ante-natally | 10/70 (14%) | 4//25 (14%) | 19/73 (26%) | 3/20 (15%) | 23/182 (13%) | 15/73 (20%) | 74/456 (16%) |
At six weeks | 44/60 (73%) | 16/25 (64%) | 19/54 (35%) | 5/16 (31%) | 89/156 (57%) | 33/57 (58%) | 210/377 (56%) |
9–14 months | 25/60 (42%) | 11/25 (44%) | 11/55 (20%) | 4/17 (24%) | 59158 (37%) | 20/58 (35%) | 133/382 (35%) |
Faecal Incontinence | |||||||
Ante-natally | 0/70 (0%) | 0/28 (0%) | 3/74 (4%) | 0/20 (0%) | 4/182 (2%) | 1/72 (1%) | 8/447 (2%) |
At six weeks | 8/70 (11%) | 5/28 (18%) | 4/71 (6%) | 2/20 (10%) | 11/175 (6%) | 3/70 (4%) | 33/443 (7%) |
9–14 months | 5/70 (7%) | 2/28 (7%) | 3/71 (4%) | 1/20 (5%) | 5/177 (3%) | 1/71 (1%) | 17/446 (4%) |
Dyspareunia | |||||||
Ante-natally | 13/66 (20%) | 6/27 (22%) | 19/68 (28%) | 3/19 (16%) | 32/180 (18%) | 10/71 (14%) | 86/354 (24%) |
At six weeks | 32/43 (74%) | 16/21 (77%) | 19/46 (41%) | 5/12 (42%) | 82/131 (63%) | 35/56 (62%) | 192/314 (61%) |
9–14 months | 17/52 (33%) | 9/20 (45%) | 9/48 (19%) | 3/15 (20%) | 40/146 (27%) | 22/60 (37%) | 102/347 (29%) |