09/02/2020
Did you know that the FDA and Pitocin Manufacturer advise against using Pitocin for the elective induction of labor?
Routine Pitocin use is the quickest, most insidious way to destroy peaceful, ecstatic birth.
Any amount of Pitocin raises the risk of postpartum depression by 32%+.
1 in 4 women who are induced will undergo an emergency c-section.
Pitocin is associated with higher rates of postpartum hemorrhage, more interventions, longer labor, abnormally strong contractions and fetal distress. Pitocin also interferes with natural bonding hormones by reducing oxytocin levels “the love hormone”. In most hospitals in the United States, nearly half of labors begin artificially with a combination of hormones and deliberate rupture of the amniotic sac, and even women for who labor begins spontaneously often get Pitocin to speed things up. Epidurals increase odds of Pitocin use. 42.9% of first-time mothers will have their labors induced. This more than doubles their risk for emergency c-section.
Very RARELY there is a legit reason to induce labor, but most often it is done for CONVENIENCE, an exaggerated concern, or because other interventions have interfered with the labor process. Doctors will call Pitocin, Oxytocin but it is NOT the same.
Using Pitocin is one more way women are controlled during labor and birth.
“I was given Pitocin without my consent so my doctor could make it to an NBA game he had tickets to”.
-Post by Lauren Kirkof
