{"id":72209,"date":"2020-07-26T16:31:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T22:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/?page_id=72209"},"modified":"2021-12-09T06:16:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:16:38","slug":"birth-procedures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/healthy-pregnancy\/labor-and-birth\/birth-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"72209\" class=\"elementor elementor-72209\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b51fd87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b51fd87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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Episiotomy is a procedure in which a small cut is made to widen the opening of&hellip;<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jet-posts__item\">\n\t<div class=\"jet-posts__inner-box\"><div class=\"post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/healthy-pregnancy\/labor-and-birth\/retained-placenta\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail__link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-thumbnail__img wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/retained-placenta.jpg\" alt=\"Retained Placenta\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"728\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"jet-posts__terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/category\/healthy-pregnancy\/labor-and-birth\/\" class=\"jet-posts__terms-link\">Labor and Birth<\/a><\/div><div class=\"jet-posts__inner-content\"><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/healthy-pregnancy\/labor-and-birth\/retained-placenta\/\" target=\"\">Retained Placenta<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"entry-excerpt\">The final stage of labor occurs when the placenta is expelled from the mother&#8217;s uterus. 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