Before you consent to induction it is worth knowing what the procedures involve and exactly what you are consenting to. Also remember to ask:
Why is this being suggested? (see Induction - Why?)
What are the Benefits?
What are the Risks
Are there any Alternatives?
What does your Intuition tell you?
Is there time to do Nothing, to watchfully wait for a while?
The BRAIN set of questions is a great one for any intervention and is a useful, non confrontative tool for using with your carers. Asking the How, Why, BRAIN questions first might be useful if you have forgotten all the info in this article. Don't forget to ask everyone to leave so you can discuss what you think with your birth partners.
Below is a standard induction process, bear in mind that in certain situations, for example ruptured membranes, some steps may be skipped as moving straight to a drip might be more effective in those situations. |
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The induction rate in the UK is creeping up and up – in some hospitals it is approaching 40%. Yet there is no evidence that this is helping to produce healthier mums or babies, in fact if you look at the rising caesarean, forceps and ventouse rates it may be doing quite the opposite. This article aims to help if you are faced with the suggestion of induction. You might be offered induction for
...being overdue ...rupture of the membranes
...big baby ...a small baby
... medical reasons |
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Listen to any group of women telling their birth stories and it is very easy to see why it can be so difficult to accurately describe labour to a first time mother. Even second time mothers are surprised by how different labours can be. Yet there is often an urgent desire in pregnancy to know how it might be. The birth stories on this website are here to support, inspire and inform you but your own birth story will be just that, your own story with its own beginning and ending and its very own unique pattern. First of all though it might help to understand how the process should work.
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Home Birth - a nervous father's story |
I have to confess that at first I really didn't like the idea. Now, looking back, I am really glad we did it. In between, was something of an emotional roller-coaster. I learned a lot along the way ...
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