Your best friend has recently had a 9.5-pound baby after a long and exhausting labor.She tells you that during labor, her doctor performed an episiotomy to help ease and shorten the birth process.During this procedure, __________.

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During an episiotomy, an incision is made in the tissue between the vaginal opening and the anus in order to make the vaginal opening larger and potentially prevent tearing during delivery. This is a common procedure used to facilitate delivery of a larger baby or to shorten the length of delivery.

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