3rd Trimester
xp from April 11 - Elective Induction Poll
Circumstance:
My lovely OB is going on vacation from this Friday and returning Wednesday. My EDD is Monday. I have this fear that I will go into labor while he's gone and he won't be able to deliver my son. I'm also not a fan of the OB that's covering him while he's out. Dr. said we can discuss an elective induction tomorrow at my appointment. I'm mostly against medical induction but I'm torn about having my Dr deliver. What should I do. I have to make a decision first thing tomorrow.
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My lovely OB is going on vacation from this Friday and returning Wednesday. My EDD is Monday. I have this fear that I will go into labor while he's gone and he won't be able to deliver my son. I'm also not a fan of the OB that's covering him while he's out. Dr. said we can discuss an elective induction tomorrow at my appointment. I'm mostly against medical induction but I'm torn about having my Dr deliver. What should I do. I have to make a decision first thing tomorrow.
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Re: xp from April 11 - Elective Induction Poll
ah yes, inducing because your OB is going on vacation? Sounds like a great reason...
This and in my circumstance 90% of the time the OB doesn't deliver the on call doctor does. Inducing for this reason is absurd. I can't believe that your OB would even consider it. Hence my post yesterday on the insane amount of inductions going on for no medical reason. Guess this proved my point.
Good luck with whatever you choose.
I have 2 friends who were induced for this reason--to birth a little early with their Obs (they had membranes swept). One who was trying for a natural unmedicated birth ended up having a c-section, and the other was progressing so slowly she got pitocin, but continued to have her (very painful) birth w/out pain drugs.
Babies secrete a hormone when they're ready to come out & when it jives with the momma's hormones, labor starts. When you rush this process, your labor may not progress as it normally would have. (so in the case of my two friends, they were induced, progressing slowly and needed interventions they may not have needed otherwise). And this is with the least harsh of the medical ways to be induced. I know there are other risks associated with the more medical means of induction.
I wish you the best with whatever you decide.
Just like every pregnancy is different so is every person so do whatever you feel comfortable doing. I don't belive you should let others bully you into either decision so you know what you can handle and what you cannot. Good Luck either way!!