Pitocin Calculations

Pitocin has its place in labor and for some people, avoiding it at all cost will be a priority! • Avoiding pitocin isnt always possible (or ar least, not always the best option)— but there are a ✨ton✨of things you can do to get your natural oxytocin going before you add pitocin! • • • #pitocininduction #pitocinbirth #pitocincontractions #spontaneouslabor #birthtools #birthtips #inlaboranddelivery #activelabor #earlylaborsymptoms | tranquilitybyhehe

✨PITOCIN✨ • Your provider must get your consent for everything that is done in your induction process. So if you feel strongly about the way you induce, find a provider that is open to listening to your preferences, discussing options and respecting your autonomy through this process. • • Another thing that may be helpful is my Pitocin Cheat Sheet! If you wanna get your hands on our evidence-based guide to Pitocin use, 💬comment💬 #PITOCIN below and I’ll send it your way! • • Inside @the.birth.l

✨turning down Pitocin✨ • This is a true story from a birth in the late summer of 2020– this is how it really went down except the doctor didn’t inquire where she learned how to advocate for safe use of Pitocin and her birth goals— he simply stormed off and no one ever did come get that signature he threatened her with???? 😬😬😬😬😬 not his best look, but also it WAS just another Wednesday in the office for him. He got to go home, reset and do it all again tomorrow. For this mama, this was her B