Your core rights
Informed consent: every procedure must be explained — benefits, risks, alternatives, and what happens if you decline (BRAIN).
You can refuse any intervention, including cervical exams, IVs, continuous monitoring, and episiotomy.
You have the right to a support person, to move freely, to eat and drink (per your provider), and to access your records.
Use the BRAIN framework
B — Benefits of this intervention?
R — Risks?
A — Alternatives?
I — Intuition: what does your gut say?
N — Nothing: what if we wait or do nothing right now?