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J+MS
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I'm curious (since I'm a big, fat PW and all)
J+MS
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about how many of you who are doing "elective" inductions are going to end up with c-sections and babies in the NICU. Just curious.
ETA: Elective, as in for convenience reasons.
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Re: I'm curious (since I'm a big, fat PW and all)
FTR, I don't consider your induction elective.
Being 41 weeks tomorrow, would my induction be elective, if I had one?
Thats what scares me most about having to be induced, if it comes down to it. I would much rather have this baby as naturally as my first.
Oh, I thought she was inducing for the size thing? At least, that was what you told me a while back so I thought you were kind of stuck.
but doctor told me she wouldn't let me go past 40-4d...but I'm going to drag it out to 41.
I'm doing the elective induction, and I'm not comfortable doing it, BUT if its going to give my husband more time with our son before he deploys then so be it.. Its not going to be weeks early, only a week, my doctor won't do an induction until after 39 Weeks. which we will be doing, we are going in next week to the appointment and talking to the doctor and saying yes we want the elective induction, because my husband is deploying.
If that's flame worthy ok, flame away...
I'd like to know where all these folks who are having elective inductions before 40 weeks found there OB's ... I am from Canada & mine or any that I work with at the hospital wouldn't do one without a medical reason prior to 41 weeks.
On the other hand, unless you have IVF & know EXACTLY when you conceived, going overdue doesn't always mean your babe is doing anything beneficial in there. I've seen deliveries at 41 weeks that resulted in meconium aspiration and obviously aged placenta.
Its really dependent on each individual pregnancy in my opinion.
See, you don't get pity from me for being military because my H is AD AF and we both agreed that if we were in your situation we would not put our child or my life at risk. It's selfish. Sorry.
I don't consider this elective. There are medical reasons to not allow certain women to go so far overdue. 42 weeks would my ideal to me, but like I said, my doctor will not be letting me go past 41.
Wow, I am disagreeing with you here! Her situation, while it's still an elective c-section, is justified. Her husband will be deploying. We hope and pray he returns safely, but she just wants to give him the most possible amount of time with their LO. At least this isn't my mom is coming to town or I want to save $6000.00.
Not medically inducing, but I am trying to "encourage" this child to be born. She has finally dropped, so I feel like I might be able to walk her out... I would say doc will make me wait another week if LO isn't convinced by tomorrow.
yeah DS was over 9lbs and he got "stuck" at the shoulders. TO ME its a good reason, but you never know around here what flies around here. I for one would LOVE to not go through that again. So I guess I meant as a medical issue there was no real reason. Sorry...
mmm...sorry Wife, maybe because I don't know her H's job...but not all deployments are dangerous and it would be silly to put us at risk for a deployment that is pretty much guaranteed to come back from. Like I said, I don't know where her H is going, but in our situation, it wouldn't be worth it.
I don't consider myself high and mighty and I agree she most likely does not want pity. I still think it's selfish though...just my PO. Sorry if I came off as harsh, but I did consider the facts...I'm discussing it with my H right now. It wouldn't be worth it to US. That's all.
FWIW, I really honestly hope that your labor and delivery go wonderfully and that your H comes home safe. Good Luck.
That's your view, but my husband is Army, and is deploying for a full year, he will be missing the first year of his first born life. We would want My Husband to have the memory and to be here for his first born birth.
If I was due in November, or late October then no we probably won't be doing the elective inducement. We feel that going a week earlier will be fine. As long as the doctor is ok doing it also.. I'm going to be following his advice, and He is ok with doing it a week early.
You do realize that elective inductions occur during the 39+ week mark-it's not like anyone gets one at 37 weeks. Babies needing NICU time because they're born over 39 weeks is extremely uncommon.
So to answer your question, statistically, probably less than 1% of babies will end up in the NICU solely for being born at 39+ weeks. Some will need c-sections, but some don't mind that way of delivering and it isn't any sort of huge risk to mother/baby, besides a longer recovery for mom.
I, for one, am insanely jealous that just spending an extra $6k would be of no burden to your family.
thank you, I hope so too.. and trust me if we were in any other situation or if he was deploying earlier then what he is, then we wouldn't be doing this.. but we feel we are doing whats best for our family.
FWIW We are also going to be following the doctor's advice, if he says its a no go for any reason, then that's the luck of the draw. and we won't be doing the inducement. We are going in on Tuesday and talking to our Doctor and making the final decision..
Probably close to the same amount as women who don't have elective inductions. I'm sure there are a fair amount of ladies who end up having to have c- sections and/ or with babies in the NICU as a possible result of an induction, but I'm also sure a ton of women who don't have elective inductions end up with c- sections and babies in the NICU. Unfortunately the women I mentioned last just don't end up with a reason for people to judge them because of their c- section or NICU baby. Boring.
Inductions double the risk for c-section, why would anyone volunteer for that for them and their baby?
While I have no interest in talking about the finances in my family, I will say that no $6000.00 would not be a burden. But that's not the point here. I wouldn't have an unnecessary induction, let alone due to money. This is like all mothers who are due after the first of the year saying they want to be induced for tax purposes. Come on now.
I don't know why anyone would, and I'm not saying I would personally (as in within myself and my own thoughts) agree with someone volunteering themselves and their baby for that. But I also wouldn't sit around and call people out for doing things I don't personally agree with just because I'm bored.
That's just me though.
I didn't post this because I'm bored, I posted this because I was legitimately curious. You can go find another thread now.
I am not calling out repeat C's at all. I would be terrified to try a VBAC personally...which is probably why I'm so against unnecessary inductions.
I cant flame anyone when they are in the military and deployment is the reason for the induction. Thank you and your husband for making sacrifices to keep the rest of us safe.
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lol, what, if we don't agree with you, we can't post on your thread?
You do sound high and mighty starting this thread... Everyone has their reasons, and I guarantee you, they aren't doing it on purpose to hurt their babies. If you were legitimately curious, your tone of the original post did not convey it.
Yes Oh Ruler of the 3rd Tri Board!
I'm just saying, if you were legitamately curious you could've worded it a lot differently (aka minus all the "Your baby's going to end up in the NICU because you're a terrible mom!" that you were insinuating).
You KNOW if someone like that crazy bia who just got blocked made a post saying something like, "I'm just curious... How many of you moms who decided to have a baby with a member of the armed forces are going to end up with a child with no father?" You would be SO butt- sore, and you would definitely think that statement was made out of judgement, and not "pure" curiousity.
So basically what it comes down to is, if you don't want people sitting around judging and questioning your life choices, then don't sit around and do it to other people. It's human nature to quietly judge others who don't make the same decisions we make in life, or who don't see our point of view on certain issues. Whether or not you choose to sit around and call people out and OPENLY judge them on their decisions is a personal choice. Just be woman enough to admit that you are judging them when it comes down to it.
BIG FAT NOTE: It actually literally PAINS me to type out that "what- if" statement because a very close friend of mine was in the army, and not only was he killed in Iraq, but he also left behind a beautiful son who will never have one memory of him. So that is NOT AT ALL my standpoint, & i would very literally punch a person in the face if anyone ever said something like that around me. I'm just using that statement to make a point because I know it is something you would not like to hear (or read) someone questioning you about out of "curiousity."
This exactly.
I disagree. 39wks is not too early to do an induction. If I were in LittleOnes position, I would be doing the same thing. Its not selfish.
Sooo what if you just don't show up to the hospital until 41 weeks? Is she going to come to your house and get you? LOL
Apparently. haha
Wow, I had forgotten about this post and came back to some pretty interesting replies! haha Look, ladies, everyone has an opinion and everyone has things they are judgey about...I was just stating mine and I appreciate you guys stating yours....I realize this is late but I am always taking new ideas and thoughts into consideration, I'm not as closed minded as this post may have made me sound.
Hmmm. This is interesting. I guess your statement really wasnt a question at all?
I refused induction because I was SO sure it would cause a csection. I went into labor naturally 15 days past my due date. Baby aspirated meconium, I was in labor for 20 hours with no drugs (Im assuming you also will do this naturally, since epidurals also greatly increase your risk of csection). I pushed for four hours, he broke my tailbone, and got STUCK from being too big (9.9lbs) They had to rush me into an emergency csection, push him back up to get him out, and he spent a week in NICU. I was a wreck. In retrospect, do I wish I had gotten induced at 40 weeks like my doc offered?? HELL YES! People end up with csections. It is just a fact, and sometimes they save the baby or mom or both. Babies end up in NICU; another fact. As for judging the mom--I hope you are not eating wrong, excercising daily, doing kegals, perineal massage, driving the speed limit, gaining the "right" amount of weight, and will go through your labor naturally (even if that means overdue), without any drugs, refuse any fetal monitoring, keep walking even when it hurts, and doing every other thing you can to avoid csection. If that is the case--guess what, you still might end up with a csection. If not, you really should just drop it, since you obviously are "asking" for a csection, too.
FWI--Until you go through your labor and delivery, you probably shouldnt judge other peoples decisions.