Now that it's officially a week away, and my OB office is supposed to call today to give me the time to be in L&D next Friday morning, I'm reminded that pregnancy EDD can be +- two weeks. So while I feel like I've been pregnant for a century, what if he's really only 37 weeks by that point and not really ready to be born?
All of the u/s and the fundal height have proved him to be measuring 3 weeks ahead, but REALLY, how accurate are those predictions?
I just worry that I'll make the wrong choice and something is going to go wrong. I'm thinking about declining the induction. If something were to happen, I'd never forgive myself.
Re: kind of re-thinking the induction; a vent of sorts
Yeah, there aren't any other medical reason(s) to induce other than the "big baby" prediction. It's just so tempting because I can plan what to do with DS, FI can make sure that he's already requesting that time off of work, etc. All very superficial things in the grand scheme of things. Things that I'm not willing to risk my babe's health for.
Damnit. I guess I don't know when LO is coming then.
I absolutely wouldn't do the induction. I guess I'm still shaking my head over your Dr. pushing for one at 39 weeks for a "big baby" and no other medical reason when ACOG doesn't recommend them unless baby is measuring over 11 lbs. That's ridiculous to me. You definitely see on here all the time stories and anecdotes about very small women having large babies vaginally, so it's not like it doesn't happen. I think you're smart to think about what if baby isn't 39 weeks. Add to that list - how would you feel if baby was only 7 or 8 lbs, which is very possible, seeing as growth u/s can be off by 2 lbs (I have no idea how big dr. told you baby was). So you could be looking at a 37 weeker that's 2 lbs less than your dr. is guessing. Would you be okay with that?
If you do decide to not go through with the induction and your dr. gives you grief, I would straight up ask him why he is suggesting/pushing you to do something that completely goes against ACOG's recommendations (bring along the article if need be). I would be very interested to hear that response.
BFP 8.14.15 ~~ Due 4.22.16
I hear you. My OB's office offers elective induction after 39w for S+TMs, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't partly consider it, just so I could make plans on what to do with DS. We have no family close by so I really have zero idea what will happen when I go into labor. But, like you said, it's not worth risking LO's health for it.
I'm planning to be induced at 40w1d if he doesn't come on his own by then and only because my mother is traveling 4000+ miles to see him be born and to help me for 2 weeks after he arrives.
My husband is deployed and won't be home for the birth (this is our first) so I don't want to risk being one of the mom's who wind up going 41w or more and have grandma have wasted all that money flying over for nothing. Plus, knowing a better time frame of when he's coming will make it easier for Daddy to be able to Skype in for the birth.
At my 30w checkup yesterday baby was measuring at 3lb 9oz and the Dr. predicted a 7lb 10oz baby if he waits the full 40w to come.
For me personally, I wouldn't induce early because I've already waited that long, what's one more week until he's full term. But then again I'm sure there are other mom's out here who would judge me for inducing for a non-medical reason.
this... I'd want to know what they say too when you asked them about the ACOG recommendations
I was induced at 39 weeks because of high bp and everything went really, really well. It was my third baby an being that this is your second, your body kind of "knows" what to do. Before I was induced, I candidly asked my OB "Are you very sure this induction will work?". She answered yes and that was all I needed to here. I trust her and I trust that she does not want me to end up with a c-section or a baby in distress. Do you have that same confidence in your OB? If not, I would wait it out.
As of my appt. today I am measuring 3 weeks ahead but I know that when I go next time I could very well be measuring on track because of growth spurts, etc. My first baby was almost 8 lbs. and it was a long and painful labor. My second baby was 10 lbs. and the labor was much easier. Size alone would not cause me to induce.
That's the decision that I've come to after stewing over it all day.
And like a PP said, if they want to induce at 39 weeks, what is one more week? My body has already started the process that never began with DS. (I never really dilated, I never had ANY contractions, not even BHs with him) I may as well just stick it out and hope for the best.
Ditto. I've never heard a good induction story and would personally avoid one unless there was a very valid medical reason to do so.
I was induced with DS, and didn't necessarily have a bad experience except that the epidural didn't take.
But I know what you mean--- just because I got lucky and had an "uneventful" induction with DS doesn't mean that I should sign up for another.
I had a really good induction and was induced several days before my due date. I was scared into an induction due to "big baby" syndrome. I honestly think my body was ready to go and that is why my body was acceptable to the induction. The thing is if you aren't, then you aren't ready and you will end up with a C/S.
This time I birthing at a center to avoid interference like that again. I was more disappointed that I didn't wait till at least I was over due. I am sure I would have gone on my own.