I've had two incidents of post-childbirth stitching, one in hospital with stirrups, one at home, unsurprisingly with no stirrups. I preferred the second. The idea that I wasn't physically capable of closing my legs or getting off the bed even if I'd wanted to was pretty horrifying. OTOH, I believe it was necessary the first time for the same sort of reasons mentioned above - I believe the phrase used was "ooh, look at this! I'll just get my supervisor."