The 5 Most Common Hospital Birth Interventions (And How To Avoid The Cascade) | Ep. 35

Most women walk into the hospital thinking birth is just something that happens to them — but the truth is, there are decisions being made at every step. And many of them are presented as routine, when they’re actually optional. In this episode, I’m walking you through the five most common interventions used in hospital births — continuous monitoring, cervical checks, inductions, epidurals, and artificial rupture of membranes — and helping you understand what they are, why they’re so often us...