This episode of Tea & Toast: Talking Birth looks at one of the most common interventions in modern maternity care - induction of labour. We consider how and why labour might be induced and consider the experiences of Leanne, who had her first labour induced, and Sarah, a third year student midwife, and how she has found offering and undertaking inductions.

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Wickham, S. (2019) Induction and synchronised swimming: Mary Cronk words of wisdom [Blog post] Available online: https://www.sarawickham.com/quotes-and-shares/induction-and-synchronised-swimming/