by Anne Ferguson
During pregnancy and during a person's birthing time (labor), care providers (nurses, doctors and midwives) may offer to check a birthing person's cervix. It may not always be presented as your choice but it is! And, more and more, I find that families I support are choosing few if any cervical checks during pregnancy and to not find out what their cervix is doing when they do consent to a cervical check during labor. Read on to find out why!
During pregnancy and during a person's birthing time (labor), care providers (nurses, doctors and midwives) may offer to check a birthing person's cervix. It may not always be presented as your choice but it is! And, more and more, I find that families I support are choosing few if any cervical checks during pregnancy and to not find out what their cervix is doing when they do consent to a cervical check during labor. Read on to find out why!