Slice 17 🍐: Rethinking Perineal Trauma with PeriPear

In Slice 17, we sit down with Nina Van Schaick, midwife and COO of PeriPear, to talk about one of the least discussed yet most common complications of childbirth: perineal trauma.We explore the reality of tearing, including obstetric anal sphincter injury, the long term physical and psychological impact on women, and the surprising lack of awareness before birth.We also unpack the evidence behind warm compresses, shown to significantly reduce severe tears, and how PeriPear is developing a medical device designed to standardise perineal support during labour.It is clinical. It is honest. And it is a conversation we should have started years ago.