01/26/2026
🤔How will you know which is which?
❎Hospital rules are generally referred to as protocols.
✅Protocols are vastly set by the hospital board and/or the risk management dept, legal dept and insurance companies to protect the hospital in the case of legal matters.
✅State laws and human rights laws are set to protect the birthing person in times of need.
⭐️For example, many hospitals have a protocol that a birthing person will receive a cervical check every one to two hours, the law says a person has full rights to make their own medical decision without coercion. There is a big difference…hospital rules do not over ride the law. If in doubt, when a procedure or form of care is being offered, ask, “Is this hospital protocol or state law?
⭐️This is just one of the many topics we cover in our HypnoBirthing class, when a birthing family know how to ask educated questions and advocate for themselves, they are better equipped to make informed decisions should anything arise during the birth.
✅My next series of HypnoBirthing classes start next month with ONLINE class options. Come join us! (Link in bio!).