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Labor Induction with Dr. Rachel Reed


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According to the Listening to Mothers iii Survey, 41% of the people indicated that their care provider tried to induce their labor, with three out of four of those women (74%) indicating that it did start labor, resulting in an overall rate of medically induced labor of 30%.

In this episode of Yoga | Birth | Babies, I speak with midwife, writer and presenter, Dr Rachel Reed. She speaks very candidly about medical induction and augmentation of labor. Dr Reed explains why and how a medical induction is performed and the precautions of pitocin. For any pregnant mother, birth worker or support person, this episode will give you a lot to ponder.

In this episode:

  • What brought Rachel to practicing midwifery.
  • The process and hormones of a spontaneous physiological birth and how that differs from a medical induction
  • The definition of medically necessary induction
  • Medically justified reasons for an induction
  • “Suspected big baby” and going post date- How a mother advocate for herself care if she is feeling pressured to be induced for these reasons
  • The process of beginning medical induction from scratch
  • The role pitocin should play in labor
  • Statistics for how often pitocin is involved in labor
  • Side effects of pitocin – are women given informed consent to these side effects
  • The cascade of interventions and the relationship of induction to the necessity of other interventions
  • Option for a mother facing medical induction
  • Is there such a thing as “natural induction”
  • “DIY” induction methods
  • What Dr Reed is up to now with her blog and book!
  • For more about Dr. Reed and ways to connect with her, please visit the full show notes over at prenatalyogacenter.com

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