Despite what is known about the risk of routinely inducing the birth process simply for being pregnancy past 41 weeks, it is common practice in North America. Routine induction just for being past your “due date” of 40 weeks is not safe, necessary, or mandatory. Depending on who your medical provider is, induction may be presented to you as something… Read more →
Ah, the time of waiting. The time between when you are “due” and the time when your baby actually comes. The time when every other text message is something along the lines of “any news?”, “baby yet?”, “so…. anything exciting happening over there?”. The time when people say things like “you haven’t been induced yet?!” “I hope your baby doesn’t… Read more →
I shared a snapshot from my birth journal a while ago about births that take a few days to get into the steadily-progressing phase of the birth process. While I have a very trusting philosophy about childbirth and believe that births that take their time picking up, slowing down, and picking back up again are doing so because that is… Read more →
According to Perinatal Services of BC, induction rates vary widely across the province and have been risen substantially since the early 90’s. . In 1991, 12.9% of births were induced, and by 2000 the rates were up to 27.2%. Current estimates continue to sit at around 25%. This is a very high percentage! Induction of childbirth is often part of… Read more →