Didn't feel the episiotomy, nor the sewing up with DD1 but got a play by play of the stiching up from my mother (who's a retired OB nurse).
I wish I had not had one, and I will not have one with this child. The research I have done maintains that to tear is ultimately much less invasive and problematic than a cut.
I always liked this analogy:
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Think of the episiotomy this way: if you hold a piece of cloth at two corners and attempt to tear it by pulling at the two ends, it will rarely rip. However, if a small cut is made in the center, then pulling at the ends easily rips the cloth. Doing an episiotomy is analogous, and sometimes results in tears that extend into the rectum. Physicians argue that this "clean" tear is more easily repaired than the ragged one that occurs when a woman tears without the cut. My experience has been that the small tears that sometimes occur without episiotomy are easy to stitch and less bothersome to the woman. Episiotomies, once repaired, are often debilitating and are the source of much pain in the postpartum period.
-Harrison 1982:97
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You can google "episiotomy or tear" and you'll find a whole mess of research to read through.
Here's just one:
http://www.midwifeinfo.com/content/view/82/45/
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