Getting Induced: Is it Good or Bad?

I am excited to participate in another Birth Blog Carnival. This one from Giving Birth with Confidence, where we get to report how we incorporate the Healthy Birth Practices into our birthing support for moms.  My favorite one is:
Let Labor Begin on It’s Own!

It is no surprise to me that this is the #1 Healthy Birth Practice.  If more moms let their birth start on it’s own, then there would be a lot more normal births going on.  It amazes me to hear that moms often get induced without even knowing why.

Induction is such an important topic for moms to understand, but often they are given very little information about the pros and cons of induction from their care providers.  This inspired me to create an informational video about inductions.

I would love it if moms would inform themselves on this choice early in their pregnancy.  If they knew their care provider likes to induce all first time moms, then they would have time to change.

However the video is also useful for moms who are in the position where they are being told they should induce.  A mom posted on Facebook that she was going in for an induction in a few days.  I asked why and she said, “The OB said we might as well schedule it.”  I gave her the link to my video.  She watched it, called her OB and had a good discussion and canceled the induction.  She had her baby on his own schedule a few days after which ended up being after the induction was scheduled for.  She e-mailed me to thank me later.

It is amazing how empowering information can be to moms.  I love the power of the internet which allows us to easily share this information with moms everywhere!