The Downward Spiral of Interventions – Pitocin

Posted on July 14, 2009  Print This Post Print This Post
PITOCIN

arrows_right Pitocin
Requires EFM and IV arrows_left
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Restricts
Mothers Movement
Pitocin Causes
Unnatural Contractions		 arrows_left
arrows_right Mother wants Epidural
Requires she stay
in bed		 arrows_left
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Relaxes Uterus
Weak contractions
Increase
Amount of Pitocin		 arrows_left
Baby Not
Tolerating
Contractions

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Cesarean

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Childbirth Facts

    “55% of women reported having Pitocin administered (via IV) to augment or speed up labor.”

    source: (LTM II – 2006)