Is the episiotomy necessary?

when I had my son in the hospital.I knew most of mothers had the episiotomy.they felt pain after that for many days.

I guess doctors just want to be on the safe side in most cases of episiotomy. I read a report somewhere that the episiotomy was not justified in over 75% of cases. And personally I hate it . It does not make childbirth interesting to me. Of course if it is absolutely necessary then no problem but just tearing every woman up is not so cool for me.

I guess it depends on the circumstance. I myself had it done when I was in labor with my oldest. Was it really necessary in my case? Probably not. But it was my first pregnancy and I was absolutely terrified about giving birth so the doctor decided to give me one.

I did have an epistolary with the birth of my second son, but not with my daughter who was first. In all honesty it was discomfort but not really painful. It healed rather quickly and have not had any side effects afterwards and or to date.