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Your Induction Checklist

Induction is an offer, not an instruction. This two-page checklist helps you ask the right questions, pack for a stay (not a sprint) and keep your birth feeling positive and yours.

What's inside

Everything you need, on two pages

1

Before the day

Six things to know before anyone books you in, including your right to say "not yet".

2

BRAIN

Five simple questions for any decision your midwife or doctor puts to you.

3

Your packing list

What to bring when an induction takes hours, or days, not minutes.

4

On the day

How to protect your hormones and the one question to ask before every new step.

"Around one in three labours in the UK now starts with an induction. Whatever you choose, you deserve to choose it knowing your options."

Clare Maddalena, founder of LushTums

Why I made this

Hi, I'm Clare

I founded LushTums in Brighton in 2007. As a senior yoga teacher, doula and FEDANT-accredited antenatal educator, I've spent 20 years supporting families through pregnancy and birth.

So many women I work with are offered an induction in passing and feel they can't say no. This checklist is what I wish every one of them had on their fridge.

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Handy 2 page checklist. Pop it on the fridge. Share it with your birth partner.

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For information and education only. This isn't medical advice and doesn't replace care from your midwife or doctor.

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