09/10/2025
They told me Pitocin would speed up labor…
They didn’t tell me it could affect my baby.
Everyone warns you about the painful contractions.
How fast they come.
How hard they hit.
But no one talks about what it can do to your baby.
Pitocin can make contractions so strong and so close together… that sometimes, your baby doesn’t get enough time to recover.
They never mentioned heart rate drops.
They never mentioned the panic when alarms go off.
They never mentioned that my baby could feel it too.
And sometimes?
It goes completely wrong.
Sometimes Pitocin takes you from “speeding up labor”
…to an emergency C-section in minutes.
I thought I was the only one signing up for the pain.
I didn’t know my baby was, too.
This isn’t to scare anyone.
It’s to say, ask questions.
Know the risks.
Advocate for yourself and your baby.
Because you deserve the whole truth, not just half of it.
©️Caty Sanders
