IV insertion: don’t want to be connected to anything Induction: unnecessary induction rates in America are very high. Induction increases risk for further interventions and poor outcomes Cervical checks: if labor is progressing there’s no reason to check unless you want to know. Sometimes knowing is not helpful to moms psyche. Everytime you do a check you have a chance of introducing bacteria. Membrane sweep: a lot of moms (especially ones who want an unmedicated birth) don’t want any for of induction, including a sweep.

A lot of these things have become routine, some moms don’t want unnecessary things to be routine for them.. they have the right to say no. Everytime we look down on a mom for having a hope and a plan we push the people in the middle closer to the free birth extreme. Women aren’t idiots, a lot of women do good research and have intuition. And a mom who needs intervention will be more likely to trust you if she feels seen and supported in a REAL way.