3rd Trimester
bongii
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inductions scheduled for 41 weeks routine??
bongii
member
hey everyone, i'm 38 weeks pregnant and so far my dr. has said nothing about mandatory induction at 41 weeks but nearly every other pregnant woman i know who is having a hospital birth is having a mandatory induction scheduled for one week past their due date. i'm really worried my doc will schedule one last minute and surprise me with it.
are any of you being required to get induced at 41 weeks?
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Re: inductions scheduled for 41 weeks routine??
then it's your right to do so. most first time moms go past 41 weeks. if baby is doing well, there is no need to induce at 41 weeks.
Monster Truck (It's a GIRL!) is due 19/02/2015!
In hindsight I wish I would have waited, but my dad had just passed unexpectedly so I was a little emotionally dead on the inside, so I stopped bargaining with my OB & DH.
I'm a FTM too but around 28 weeks, my Dr mentioned that they would not let me go over 41 weeks.
I would talk to your doctor at your next appointment about your concerns. I really don't like the idea of having to be induced either.
I'm a VBACer and even I already told my doc that I won't entertain the idea of scheduling anything before 42w barring medical necessity.
Definitely talk to your doctor about it. I had to bargain with my OB to go over 41 weeks with dd, he requested I get an NST to make sure baby and placenta were doing fine before he'd let me go to 42, and then he wouldn't let me go a day over 42. She came on her own at 41+1, exactly average for first time moms! We had discussed this long before it got to that point, as I included it in my birth plan I shared with him.
This time, I'm with a midwife, and she doesn't even do routine NST's until 42 weeks unless there's reason to believe something else is going on.
I brought this up at my last appointment because I'd seen so many people talking about it here, but did not know my doctor's stance. My doctor said she preferred not to go past 41 weeks, and explained her reasoning, but said that she would let me go to 42 weeks if I wanted, but that there would be a lot of appointments during that last week. We decided to play it by ear and see how I and the baby were doing if we went that long. Talking with her about it really helped clear things up and make me feel more comfortable.
I was going to say the same thing. Your doctor can't force an induction on you.
DD2 8.22.13
MMC 1.4.17 at 16w
Expecting #3, EDD 1.29.18
My MW does not even discuss it until 41 weeks. At 41 weeks there are nonstress tests and growth scans. Induction will not occur until 42 weeks and then only if medically necessary. They try to hold off as long as possible and just continue the monitoring.
Hoping we don't go that far. Come on little guy, get out now!
Same here.
With my OB, there is a bit more monitoring after 40 weeks, induction between 40-42 weeks if there is a medical need/signs of placenta issues. 42 weeks is the magical number for eviction.
Nope. My practice lets you go until late in 41w and then they do start encouraging you to induce. If you choose to wait, you have to go in a lot for monitoring to make sure baby's doing okay. I'm not sure how long they would actually let you go.
With DS1, as I neared the end of 40 weeks, my midwife suggested we make an induction appointment for 41w4d. I went ahead and scheduled it and crossed my fingers. I went into labor naturally at 41w and DS1 was born at 41w1d. Honestly, I think all practices should let people go over 41w before pushing to induce.
I'm hoping this kiddo will show up naturally at some point during week 40, if not sooner. Otherwise, I will probably start to get nervous again if he doesn't show up by 41w as I don't like intervention either.