I just read a couple of articles about Pitocin and I have to say I am quite alarmed. The first one is by IMVA?

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and it discusses the possible link of autism and pitocin. The second article made me rethink and relax a little, autism connect pitocin and pretzels, but ended linking me to an even scarier discovery. Chlorobutanol is the substance used for euthanization. It is also one of the main ingredients in Pitocin. That's a fact. There is actual lawsuits taking place becasue of the use of this dangerous chemical. It is also found in epidurals. What do you think?

Before you answer you should really read the sights I provided. Both are very different views.

My labor was induced because I was not only late, but my water was getting low. I probably would have gotten a c-section without being induced if I then what I know now.

I ended up having a c-section after a full day of labor and three hours of pushing, but pitocin is just extra chemicals on top of an epidural and all of the chemicals that go along with the use of pitocin.

Answer 1

ANY intervention to a pregnant and/or labouring Mamma can have a consequence....especially when we mess with her birthing body.
You're gonna get flamed by the mainstream wack-o's here that will tell you the research is false. I urge you to press on...

Answer 2

I was given pitocin because I wasn't dilating for 26 {yep, they let me wait for so long} hours after my water broke. It worked VERY SLOWLY, although the contractions got so hard the epidural itself didn't work, so they had to give me something else. My son was born after 49 hours total in labor, with apgar score 0, not breathing, no heartbeat, pale - it turned out fine, they resuscitated him, but it was an aweful couple of minutes for me. Next time I would definitely ask for C section if things were going so slowly.
Woman I know was given pitocin and she had allergy or something on it, it lead to really hard contractions that didn't show on the monitor, so in the hospital they kept telling her she wasn't in labor, because the monitor didn't show anything, and although she was in such a pain they discharged her and nurses made fun of her {older mother}. She ended up giving birth in hospital bathroom half hour later... it was so fast, she was only pushing for 10 minutes.
Yep, pitocin is really bad stuff.

Answer 3

I had an all natural birth and thank God (even though I'm not very religious!) that it was possible for me. There are huge numbers of risks involved in induction and epidurals, and it sickens me how frequently they are used unnecessarily. I have not read any of these articles but am not at all surprised, and expect that every year that goes by more harmful effects will be discovered. Sometimes their use can't be helped, but that is pretty infrequent, and it worries me greatly how mainstream they are. The immediate effects on mother and baby are enough to keep me away, even without adding later threats of cancer, etc.

Answer 4

I wouldnt in a million years allow a doctor to induce me with pitocin. The stuff is horrible for babies. Even without knowing of those studies, I do know from friends and family that it makes labor imposibly harder on your body, and often causes fetal distress, and more labors induced with pitocin result in emergency c-sections than natural labors.

Its just bad stuff.

Answer 5

they say that 1 in 166 children has some form of autism. everything causes cancer or some other type of disease these days, or so they say. i had an epidural with my child and he is very smart and there were side effects for me or him.