BM wants doc to start "encouraging" baby @ 37 weeks

wille2b

he wont induce really untill 41 weeks but bm is tryin to start school June 15, five days after his due date.. so her new plan is to have him by May 26 so she can rest up before school and not have to worry about possibly being late and missing school. today he told her he will strip her membranes at 37 weeks and she can use castor oil but that wont make any promises of a baby. he says that its common for labor to begin within 48 hours of stripping membranes and maybe with the castor oil help it will work......

so I am not sure what is going to happen but that means he could be here in as little as 5 weeks! i dont wanna say i wouldnt be happy to meet him asap but I also want him to be healthy and ok

 

cjmorgan

Tell  BM that if she wants baby to come out sooner to walk as much as possible! It not only helps labor come faster (for some people) but it also helps with actual labor.

GLynn2009

Baby will come when ready. My DS was a month over his due date and I walked a lot. I was put into the hospital twice to induce and he just would not come.

omurray

I'm suprised the Dr would offer to strip membranes that early.  If I remember right, my Dr didn't offer to strip membranes until I was 39 weeks.  Even then she said that she would do it if I wanted, but that truthfully she only sees about 50% of women go into labor shortly after membrane stipping.  Knowing that the membrane stripping can be very painful, I chose not to go that route.