The Optional Induction: what is your OB's policy?

stellabelle · December 2010

I know there are multiple reasons to choose induction... and that we all have mixed feelings about whether or not it is "okay" to induce at all or when it's okay -- starting at 39 weeks? only after your due date passes? Only for health/safety reasons?

Anyway, I'm curious if you've asked your doctor their policy on induction. Is she or he willing to do it at 39 weeks? Do they want you to wait until 40? How far in advance to schedule?

Just curious!

Angeldcf · December 2010

Mine doesn't like going past 42 wks & prefers them around 41 wks. He's not pushy though and allows the px to make the decision (which can be good or bad).

lucyloo10 · December 2010

My OB waits a week after your due date to induce. I'm going in tomorrow for a NST, ultrasound and to set up an induction date for next week

Sonadora · December 2010

My doctor won't induce until you are a week overdue.

They won't schedule you until you have your 40 w appointment.

ChatterboxBride09 · December 2010

Mine offered to induce at 37w because I've had lots of fun health issues but since LO was doing fine I wanted to hold out til 40. I'm being induced at 40w 3d (assuming he doesn't come in the next few days).

Mine won't let you go past 41w I believe.

dee12807 · December 2010

my office has a 'case by case' policy. They told me that they prob won't let me go past 41 wks. I know someone else who goes to the same OB and she had such anxiety about labor (she had had a stillborn at 39 wks previously) that they allowed for an optional CS at 37 wks. They really seem to try to do what they think is best for each individual....

LovesMM · December 2010

At my Doctor's office the only "okay" reason to induce before 41 weeks is for medical reasons only. If you go overdue they will induce when you hit 41 weeks.

Even scheduled c-sections won't be scheduled before 39weeks. If you need to go before then they consider that an Emergency C-section.

february292008 · December 2010

My doctor told me around 25 weeks that she will let me go 10 days past, but "won't torchor" me... That means I will be induced by Jan 5!

She hasn't brought it up again but that's her policy

LittleDucky · December 2010

I haven't asked about what my OB's optional induction policy is because I am getting induced for medical reasons (gestational hypertension and an autoimmune disorder that causes low platelets). I do know thought that even with medical reasons, my OB wanted to wait as long as possible to induce, preferably getting to 39 weeks before inducing.

I'm pretty sure that without medical indications, an induction would not be considered until AT LEAST after 40 weeks.

lulu3061 · December 2010

My practice will induce after 41 weeks 6 days if it's determined that there is a need for it. They definitely don't do the "convenience induction" if that is what you're asking.

Jackquelyn · December 2010

Our hospital won't do an induction (elective) before 39 weeks. Also, our doctor starts talking about induction for being late at 41 weeks.

However, I am now getting induced at 39 weeks because of hypertension.

curlydoglover · December 2010

For first time moms, she likes waiting as long as possible without going past the 42 week mark. Generally around the 10 day past the due date.

So, for me, she wouldn't consider inducing until Dec. 13th.

Nicole0012 · December 2010

I have kind of a weird situation... my OB is retiring... ON MY DUE DATE! She won't see or deliver after that day. She's cancelled the last two appointments with me (due to being in deliveries) and I saw the nurse practitioner on Monday who said my OB has been scheduling inductions with her patients who have due dates near her last day. If I ever get to see my OB again, this will definitely be a topic of conversation. I do know, however, a friend of mine who had her as an OB was induced at 39 weeks for convenience purposes...

OregonMommy · December 2010

My OB won't let me go past 41 weeks but now we are looking at possibly inducing at 39 because at my appointment yesterday she said that if LO gets much bigger she won't fit out my narrow pelvis so a c-sec maybe in my future Sad

ChicagoBroad26 · December 2010

My OB previously told me 41 weeks. Then she asked when I was born and I told her I was 20 days late. Now she says she may let me go PAST 42 weeks if it takes that long. Grrrr... Angry

belizeitornot · December 2010

Mine is case by case. They'd prefer you obviously get started on your own before inducing, but they really don't like to let you go past 41 weeks.

Because of medical issues with both me and the baby, I will be induced at some point during my 39th week because I won't be allowed to go past my due date.

plumerialost · December 2010

I don't know what my OB's policy is, but I'm being induced at 39 weeks because of medical reasons. But it is a military hospital and I've heard of them letting patients going as long as possible.

spillthemoment · December 2010

I don't know what my OB's policy see is but I do see a high risk OB. I asked them at my appt yesterday what would happen if I have not delivered by my due date and they said that due to my history, if I have not already delivered I will be induced on my due date.

stellabelle · December 2010

Thanks to everyone who shared their answers!

I am definitely in favor of foregoing the "convenience" induction and want my labor to start and progress naturally if possible...

A friend of mine who is an elementary school teacher opted for induction at 39 weeks b/c she didn't want to go into labor in her classroom or on a field trip that was scheduled for that week -- and she didn't want to take time off work until the baby came.

I was surprised that her doc allowed it -- and was curious what the standard is.

LovesMM · December 2010

february292008:
My doctor told me around 25 weeks that she will let me go 10 days past, but "won't torchor" me... That means I will be induced by Jan 5!

She hasn't brought it up again but that's her policy

Is being torchored worse than being Tortured?

CFH79 · December 2010

Sonadora:

My doctor won't induce until you are a week overdue.

They won't schedule you until you have your 40 w appointment.

This at my dr's office, too.

babyonthebrain2010 · December 2010

LovesMM:
february292008:
My doctor told me around 25 weeks that she will let me go 10 days past, but "won't torchor" me... That means I will be induced by Jan 5!

She hasn't brought it up again but that's her policy
Is being torchored worse than being Tortured?

trust me as I speak from experience.. being torchored is PURE torture.

canthardlywait426 · December 2010

babyonthebrain2010:
LovesMM:
february292008:
My doctor told me around 25 weeks that she will let me go 10 days past, but "won't torchor" me... That means I will be induced by Jan 5!

She hasn't brought it up again but that's her policy
Is being torchored worse than being Tortured?
trust me as I speak from experience.. being torchored is PURE torture.

Hahahaha. Thanks, I needed this.

cc605 · December 2010

The OBs who back up my MWs prefer you not going past 41 weeks BUT my MW said she could get me 41w3d if I do daily NSTs. To me I would just go ahead at 41 weeks instead of waiting those 3 extra days and having to go to the hospital every day to be monitored.

sccheerbabe09 · December 2010

I just talked about it with my OB on monday and she said that the earliest she would do it is 39 weeks. The only way that she wouldnt do it is if im not dilated at all. She didnt go to in depth about it bc there is a good possibility that i could go into labor on my own before then, but if i havent by my 38 weeks appointment then we will talk more seriously about it. Although she doesnt like to induce first time moms bc they have a bigger risk of having to have a c-section.

woollypetals · December 2010

My OB won't induce unless medically neccessary till 41 weeks.

I am really hoping the little guy comes before then, but I go on Monday to have the NST and Ultrasound and set up my induction for the 9th. Because even though I could wait longer because I have had no medical issues, I really want him to be born.

RSClementine · December 2010

LovesMM:
february292008:
My doctor told me around 25 weeks that she will let me go 10 days past, but "won't torchor" me... That means I will be induced by Jan 5!

She hasn't brought it up again but that's her policy
Is being torchored worse than being Tortured?

Loves, I you.

principessa81 · December 2010

My OB's practice is for the most part a case-by-case basis, but as a general rule they don't induce anyone early unless it's for medical reasons. I know they would let me go to 42 weeks before inducing me.

KristieElizabeth · December 2010

My doctor will let you schedule one after 39 weeks if you want to be induced. If you are 42 weeks, she schedules it for you. She said that ACOG (whatever the ob/gyn thing is) allows women the right to choose if they want to be induced and how they want to deliver (scheduling a c-section or natural).

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