I feel like everyone I know is being induced instead of waiting to go naturally. My sister was induced but that was because she had high blood pressure. SIL just was induced and had nothing wrong at all. A few other friends of mine with no medical concerns were also induced in the last year or so.
Anyone else feel like its common in your group of friends or area. Maybe its just me being more aware of my pregnant friends now that I'm PG.
Re: why does it seem that being induced is so common
I think it'smore common for a variety of reasons today; doctors are too afraid to let a woman go too long now, it's easier to "plan"and control an induction for them, woman are excited to get things going, women want to plan and control, etc.
THis is a topic that really interests me, but I will just leave it at that I think there are many reasons why (besides medically necessary ones) inductions are on the rise.
:::giggles:::
::peeks around the corner::: who are we waiting for??
I would say that the trend in North America is to MANAGE pregnancy like a disease vs. allow it to follow it's natural course.
I haven't seen the Business of Being Born but it most certainly, in the US, is a huge business. Induction isn't as prevalent here in Canada if I were to use my Canadian pregnancy group as an indicator. For every ten women on here that are induced or have pitocin, there may be ONE or fewer on the other site I belong to.
What's even more surprising to me, is that the average age of woman on here is much much younger than the Canadian group I belong to and yet you have way more inductions. It's purely anecdotal but it's happened enough that it glares as obvious to me.?
This. Only one person in my group of family/friends who have recently had babies has been induced. She was eight days past her due date.
I don;t want to be induced if I can avoid it. I managed to avoid it a week and a half ago when I went in to L&D triage with elevated BP.
I do think a lot of people are induced or are trying self induction.
Depends on where in Canada - I'm definitely in Northern AB, and it's super prevalent. The people in my church and friend group alone who have had it done is astounding. I think maybe 1 out of 10 of the last births I know about here have been natural.
I am being induced the day before my due date as well. I like it because my doctor who I've known for years will be on-call and the one delivering the baby.
That is unless she is early.
I also have a very demanding time sensitive job and this helps me recover properly for 7 weeks before I have to go back to work.
Ditto, I only know about even my closest friends' inductions because one had a pregnancy blog and discussed it there, and the other I just found out now when discussing my own and her son is a year old. My SIL was induced with both kids and I never knew that either until I expressed anxiety about being induced myself. It would never occur to me to ask someone details about their birth unless they were offered.
My friend just had a baby with the same OB as me, and she was induced a week after her due date for no other reason except that it was a week late. I asked my dr. about it, and he said he will do the same with me if that happens. I didn't discuss whether I have a choice in the matter or not.
My bradley class teacher is very much against pitocin b/c it usually leads to other medical procedures that most natural birth mothers want to avoid. She also said pitocin contractions hurt a lot more than natural ones. On the other hand, if the baby is too big it can lead to complications with birth and even a c-section, so I guess you have to weigh all of the options.
"You're gonna miss this You're gonna want this back You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast..."
I hear ya! Don't get me wrong, I am not throwing out the idea of myself being induced at all. I was just thinking about it because DH kept asking me about it... and I didn't know what to tell him!
My best friend lives in Edmonton. The health care in Alberta is WAY more like that of the US than the rest of Canada. The rest of us are socialists don't you know?? ha ha ha?
Wow.. thats it! Yeah, it must just be me thinking its so common! lol
I am being induced because of the size of the baby. My OB/GYN is concerned because I am small girl and I am due to have a very large baby.
My first pregnancy my son came on his own.
shhhh many don't like to hear this! hehe
I think that there are many things that contribute to the rise:
1) People aren't as healthy due to a rise in obesity which leads to a rise in inductions.
2) A lot of people have spouses that travel for work. I know a few women who were induced so that they were sure their DH would be in town.
3) It's available! And doctors will let you do it! Imagine being 40+ weeks PG. You probably feel miserable and like you have waited long enough. If the baby is "baked", then get his/her butt outta there!
4) People having their 2nd, 3rd, etc have to line up child care and feel more comfortable being able to schedule their birth.
These are just a few options. I don't think that it's all about the evil health care system.
Here's where I got the stat:?https://www.babycenter.com/0_22-surprising-facts-about-birth-in-the-united-states_1372273.bc?page=4#articlesection6
I still think it's a lot that over 50% are C-section OR induced labors.?
I have a cousin who lives in Vegas who wanted to go natural & ended up doing a home birth. She was very happy with her experience, I say good for her, but that's definitely not for me! ?
Since being pregnant, and paying a bit more attention, I've been surprised at the amount of people who are induced due strictly to the estimated size of their baby. I think women get scared that their baby is too big and that their body can't handle the baby. Pelvic bones move to expand the opening. I also think that telling a woman that her baby is too big and she is too small sends a very negative message that subconsiously affects how a woman's body will physically respond to labor.
That's a really good point. Have you read Ina May's Guide to Childbirth? She writes a lot about things like that affecting our bodies and labor, etc. It's interesting!
Also, because our pelvic bones move during birth, how can we truly know what size baby we can accommodate (of course if you've done this before and had issues, that is different usually)? I've read so many birth stories (both on here and elsewhere) where woman are induced before 40 weeks or sent for a C section b/c the baby was "too big" and then the baby came out a pound or two smaller than the estimate. For ME, the size thing would not be enough to make me want either of those things, baring all other things being still healthy.
I think that on this forum, inducing is discussed alot more than it is actually done and I think that is because most (if not all) of us on here are very up to date on medical information, prenatal care, staying healthy, etc.
With that said, I am being induced for high blood pressure. I have a right to refuse but as an RN and I know I am doing whats best for both me and my baby.
Morgan's Birth Story: http://www.fullcirclemidwifery.com/2009/06/morgans-birth/
Chloe's Birth Story: http://www.fullcirclemidwifery.com/2012/04/chloes-birth/
Yes! Love that book - it has opened my eyes to what birth can be like for almost every woman. The statistics are profound and that is why I believe in the female body and am saddened when we are given limitations!
Oh I know people don't want to hear this but it's true. There are many good reasons to be induced or have a c-sec. BUT docs who should have our best interest at heart have their pocket books at heart too. I read a post earlier today about a woman's grandmother being a hero. Giving birth to all 4 of her children at home on the farm. She gave birth to a set of twins and one of them was breech. Ouch. But you know what. She did what her body was meant to do. What she was made to do. Her body was designed to do EXACTLY what it did.
We, as a society have given our bodies to modern science (thank God for it, most of the time) and have lost faith in ourselves. We need to trust our health care providers WHILE KEEPING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
Meaning: Don't put all your trust in them, research and know your options. Find those statistics. Read what people don't want you to know. After all, who loves your child more than you? Who will give your baby the best start in life? You and you alone.
Oh I know people don't want to hear this but it's true. There are many good reasons to be induced or have a c-sec. BUT docs who should have our best interest at heart have their pocket books at heart too. I read a post earlier today about a woman's grandmother being a hero. Giving birth to all 4 of her children at home on the farm. She gave birth to a set of twins and one of them was breech. Ouch. But you know what. She did what her body was meant to do. What she was made to do. Her body was designed to do EXACTLY what it did.
We, as a society have given our bodies to modern science (thank God for it, most of the time) and have lost faith in ourselves. We need to trust our health care providers WHILE KEEPING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
Meaning: Don't put all your trust in them, research and know your options. Find those statistics. Read what people don't want you to know. After all, who loves your child more than you? Who will give your baby the best start in life? You and you alone.
Oh I know people don't want to hear this but it's true. There are many good reasons to be induced or have a c-sec. BUT docs who should have our best interest at heart have their pocket books at heart too. I read a post earlier today about a woman's grandmother being a hero. Giving birth to all 4 of her children at home on the farm. She gave birth to a set of twins and one of them was breech. Ouch. But you know what. She did what her body was meant to do. What she was made to do. Her body was designed to do EXACTLY what it did.
We, as a society have given our bodies to modern science (thank God for it, most of the time) and have lost faith in ourselves. We need to trust our health care providers WHILE KEEPING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
Meaning: Don't put all your trust in them, research and know your options. Find those statistics. Read what people don't want you to know. After all, who loves your child more than you? Who will give your baby the best start in life? You and you alone.
Our childbirth prep class touched on that this weekend. She said that the rate for our city is 60% and they are trying really hard to bring it down. I think she said that our specific hospital is at 30%, but they'd still like to decrease that a bit.
She brought up a few reasons for it including extra monitoring of mothers and what not.
I'm really hoping not to be induced and my doctor agreed that if everything is going well, I won't be induced until 42 weeks (I'm the dorkus who asked around 12 weeks...).