EBB 151- Updated Evidence on the Pros and Cons of Membrane Sweeping

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this episode I talk about the updated research evidence on using membrane sweeping or membrane stripping for inducing labor. Is membrane sweeping effective? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Why do some providers perform membrane sweeping without asking your permission beforehand? We talk about all of this, and more, in this latest episode of the Evidence Based Birth® podcast!

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's episode we're going to talk about the updated pros and
0:04.8	cons of membrane sweeping.
0:07.0	Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence Space Birth.
0:19.0	Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and
0:25.2	professionals around the world.
0:27.5	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:31.0	See EB-B-Birth.. Disclaimer for more details.
0:35.0	Hi everyone on today's episode. I'm so excited to share with you the updated research evidence on the pros and cons of
0:44.3	membrane sweeping. So if you've been listening to the podcast this year we've
0:48.4	been publishing one episode per month about the evidence on different
0:52.3	natural induction methods.
0:54.4	We've wrapped up that series and today I'm going to move on to a more medical method of
0:59.1	induction, but it's one that's done without the use of medications or pharmaceuticals and that method is called
1:06.0	membrane sweeping or membrane stripping. Before I get started, I want to give you a heads up
1:11.5	about a really fun project we've been working on.
1:14.4	In past years we've published a pocket guide to comfort measures in labor that we print and make
1:19.2	available at limited times usually right before the holidays.
1:22.8	Well, all summer we've been working on a brand new pocket guide and it's called the
1:28.4	Pocket Guide to Induction.
1:30.7	This pocket guide is one of my most favorite projects I've ever worked on.
1:34.0	It's a small laminated guide that fits in a scrub pocket and it's on a key ring and it condenses the
1:40.4	evidence on induction into bite-sized segments.
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