#182 | Labor Induction: Risks, Reasons and Results with Dr. Rachel Reed, PhD

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Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

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4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Dr. Rachel Reed, PhD, author, midwife, researcher and expert in physiologic birth joins us for the second time on the Down to Birth Show to discuss the differences between physiologic birth and induced labor. She shares with us the different ways in which Pitocin/Syntocin impacts the course of labor, including significant risk to mother and baby, versus our own natural oxytocin. You'll learn the unique risks of Pitocin for first-time moms, and the entirely different set of risks Pitocin prese...

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0:00.0	Most women are not having a physiological birth of the baby. So if you're not having a physiological
0:08.2	birth of the baby, then you're not going to have a physiological birth of the placentary.
0:13.1	It's actually pretty risky to expect your body to suddenly step in and birth a placenta.
0:18.4	However, when we induce labour, there's no significant difference in
0:22.8	the perinatal death rate for induction of labour at 39 weeks. There isn't. An induction of labour
0:29.1	before 41 weeks increases the chance of an emergency cesarean section by 20 to 30% and increases the chance of instrumental delivery by 10%.
0:40.6	Once you step onto that induction train, you're heading a particular way and that includes medical
0:47.1	intervention all the way along. You can't just get off the train part way through. So that
0:52.6	really needs to be made clear to women before they
0:54.9	step onto that train. I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut,
1:02.0	childbirth advocate, and postpartum support specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse
1:08.0	midwife and international board certified lactation consultant and this is the
1:12.6	down-to-birth podcast childbirth is something we're made to do but how do we have our safest and
1:20.2	most satisfying experience in today's medical culture let's dispel the myths and get down to
1:25.4	birth Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:35.6	Hi, Rachel.
1:46.4	It's so great to have you back on the Down to Birth podcast this evening, your episode number 150 that we recorded. She's a while ago now. I can't remember how long it's been, but a few months. Winter. Winter. Yeah, it was your summer. And now it's
1:51.1	our summer, your winter, because you're in a sweater and I'm in a tank top. And I remember you
1:54.3	were wearing a little dress and I was cold. So now we are, here we are again, reverse seasons. But the myth, episode 150, the myth of the aging
2:04.9	placenta was such a popular episode for our podcast. And we're so thrilled to be talking to you again.
2:11.7	Today we're going to talk about induction, which is another really important and interesting topic
2:17.4	for people. So thank you for
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