Remember This Acronym Next Time You’re Facing a Big Medical Decision: B.R.A.I.N.

https://kffhealthnews.org/mental-health/healthq-medical-decision-making-help-brain-acronym/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_WSrQIhOx9lMSIQjwlO6g58bsu_2lz34347QguqGWAKsX9j1qsFfCnAVXR6u0JLhvSLeMRN7NJ3ZImHejOOeOfJEpCOA&_hsmi=446143823&utm_content=446143823&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Remember This Acronym Next Time You’re Facing A Big Medical Decision: B.R.A.I.N. Gina Conley, an Army veteran in Aberdeen, North Carolina, knew she wanted a low-intervention birth for her first child. But her plan started to go off the rails as soon as she got to the hospital. “Everything that I did not want to happen had happened,” she said. “And I just remember that feeling of being just so utterly defeated.” Her cervix wasn’t dilating quickly, and Conley said her midwife insisted that she take Pitocin to speed up the labor. Later, when she was nearly fully dilated, the midwife asked to break Conley’s amniotic fluid sac, another intervention used to move labor along. (Farmer, Anthony, and Siner, 10/27)