Anyone else planning to go past their due date?

TempeWick · January 2011

I've read several posts lately about girls planning to be induced between 37 and 39 weeks for various reasons. I think I'm going to be the last pregnant girl on this board! There are currently no induction plans and I fully expect to go to 41 or 42 weeks if needed. Anyone else with me?

dee1369 · January 2011

I won't allow myself to be induced unless I'm over 41 weeks or there is a medical reason for it. My doctor doesn't think I'll make it to 40 but who knows?

GoMommy · January 2011

I do not want to be induced any earlier than 41/42 weeks if possible. (as long as everything is ok)

Sweetclump · January 2011

Everyone at the clinic I work at thinks I am going early but I have a feeling I am gonna go over too. Like at 41 weeks. But hopefully my coworkers are right. At least at 38 weeks would be good. She would be fully cooked by then

Mrs.Carlybella · January 2011

i will do anything i can to not be induced and go on my own when i can. (although there are some medical issues that may override this with the polyhydramnios)

i was the same with my son- they offered to induce at 39-40 weeks. I declined, walked 3-4 miles a day, and went on my own at 40w 4d and had a great experienc e

trp77 · January 2011

I am with you! I just go checked this week and havent started to dialate yet.. and I go back on monday and I have a feeling still nothing.. so I think I will be with you unless dr finds some medical reason on induce.

needanustart · January 2011

Me! I actually have a breech baby on my hands right now and they give me the option of scheduling a c-section anytime after 39 weeks. I however plan on waiting until I go into labor in hopes that the baby will flip on its own when it's ready. I mean, sure, I'm uncomfortable, but I can seriously wait another week or two to make sure the baby is good and ready for its appearance! I'm not psyched about the prospect of a c-section, but inductions scare me more. Probably because I watched "The Business of Being Born!"

mtnbride1 · January 2011

Hopefully I won't but I'm in there for the long haul if that is what happens! I was induced at 41w1d with my daughter.

Mrs.EmmaLouise · January 2011

My MW said he wouldn't want me to go past 41w, so if I get to that point we will induce. He said if my cervix is favorable we could induce sooner, but he prefers (as do I) not too until that point. I'd prefer to go into labor on my own, and obviously have no idea when that will be.

AACraven85 · January 2011

Women in my family have a history of being 10 days late. Joy. I might be a March mama. As much as I *do not* want to be overdue and I am so over being huge and pregnant, I do not want to be induced unless there is a serious medical reason. I think LO will come when she's good and ready. We shall see how my ob responds to my wishes; they certainly seem to try and push induction for any and all reasons nowadays.

Jessie_ea · January 2011

I would really prefer to not be induced and to go on my own. I figure if I can wait 40 weeks what's a couple more to give him a chance to come when he's ready, and based on the fact that I'm not dilated at all I don't think he's in any hurry. Unfortunately at my 37 week appointment yesterday my blood pressure was a little high and I've started swelling quite a bit, which has my doctor worried that I may be developing preeclampsia and wants to see my again Monday to see if there is any change. He didn't come out and say it but alluded to the fact that if my blood pressure stays high he may induce me. Obviously this would be to insure both mine and the babies health. So I guess we will see.

ksyknelvr73 · January 2011

My doctor mentioned inducing based on the size of this baby, but honestly, I don't think that will end up happening. I don't really want to be induced, but I would really like to not go past 41 weeks...so I guess we'll see. If I went to 42 weeks I'd be having a MARCH baby!!!

a.graves · January 2011

I cringe at the thought of being induced. More power to the girls who want/need to be, but I do not feel like I need to be induced.

I want to go into labor on my own and if that is now or at 41 weeks so be it.

KSMILEY 77 · January 2011

I'm with you! Unless absolutely medically necessary, I will fight an induction for as long as possible... even if it takes me to 42 weeks. I'm just hoping she decides to come on her own sooner than later, so that it's not even an issue.

wishin&hopin2008 · January 2011

I am going as long as they will let me.

rach2961 · January 2011

I'm hoping to go late! And want to avoid induction!

Anniee1963 · January 2011

I honestly believe I'll be past my due date when I deliver. I am really hoping to avoid an induction and go med-free and so far there is no reason to why I can't. I ovulated about 6 days later in my cycle than average (was charting) and that wasn't factored in to my due date so I have a feeling my "true" due date will be closer to March 1st.

TofuMama7 · January 2011

I'm having an ultrasound next Wednesday (I'll be 38.5 weeks) because my doctor is concerned about the size of my baby, but honestly I don't really consider size a reason to be induced (I am worried about him being big but not fully mature) and do not plan to agree to an induction unless there is a medical reason (other than size). Though I am excited to see my LO again!

So, I plan to be around for a while. Smile

liladelphia215 · January 2011

I'm not going to be induced before my due date, but the doctor I saw today (I go to an office with four) told me that once I hit 40 weeks her time is up. I used to be against an induction, but at this point I am not sure if I can take an extra two weeks of the pelvic pain I am feeling, so I am okay with it.

harper80 · January 2011

My doctor won't let me go past 41 weeks. I hope I go into labor on my own before then!

marzipanbunny · January 2011

No induction planned or wanted here.

ademc05 · January 2011

#1 was induced at 41w 3d. #2 was induced at 41w 1 d. This OB is willing to induce at 39 weeks and doesn't seem to like going past 41w. I would love to go into labor on my own, but if not, I'll be induced at 40w 5d. (DH's b-day, doctor will be out of town thereafter, MIL can watch 1 & 2 easier on weekends.)

*Merry* · January 2011

I don't want to be induced unless I am 42 weeks. It is unneccessary and my Doctor says he waits until at least 41 weeks before even scheduling and induction so I don't see this as a problem. Most babies in my family tend to come anywhere from a week to 10 days late (or in the case when my mom had me 17 days late!) so I don't expect baby to be here on my due date. DH keeps thinking baby will arrive on the 16th which is 4 days late. I keep telling my mom not to fly down until at least the 16th, but one day all the sudden Feb 6th popped into my head. I hope baby doesn't arrive on the 6th because I have not prepared myself for baby coming early! lol

Firedancer1013 · January 2011

dee1369:
I won't allow myself to be induced unless I'm over 41 weeks or there is a medical reason for it.

This.

EmilyStL · January 2011

I need to have this conversation with my OB. My hunch is that I'll go into labor on my own right around my due date, but my brother and I were both a week late, so I wouldn't be surprised if my LO decides to hang out for a bit longer, too. I want my labor and birth to be as intervention free as possible, so I really don't want to be induced before 41.5 weeks unless it's medically necessary.

At this point, and I realize I still have 4 weeks til my due date (2/18), I'm not horribly uncomfortable, and I'm not hoping to go early. In fact my last childbirth class is 2/2 and I'm registered for a breastfeeding class 2/8 so I told her she better stay put until at least the 9th!

myszko · January 2011

I will not be induced unless I am 42 weeks or it is medically necessary because of my water breaking and labor not starting or something like that. I'm thinking that if I'm getting close to 40 and nothing's happening, I'll start doing all of the walking, sex, etc to try to start it...but definitely not an induction until later.

danayandcory · January 2011

I'm planning to go late as well. Dr. and I have discussed and we will induce at 41 w 5 d if I have not gone into labor before then. We're inducing on a Thursday since it's her night on-call. That way there is a better chance of her being there to deliver baby instead of one of the other 5 doctors in the practice. No matter what we'll have a baby by Valentine's Day!

sarag0116 · January 2011

I definitely did not WANT to be induced. In fact, I'm still hoping maybe I'll go into labor before hand.... but the OB is adamant about it and she has her reasons.... sooooo, induction it is!

It was either that or straight to a c-section and I chose trying to deliver vaginally first.

njh514 · January 2011

I'm in for the long haul. Unless it's, like, super super needed we are not going to go the induction route. We'll wait until she is ready to come out. I've had too many friends induced then had to have a c-section. We're doing our best to go completely natural with this baby. If that means I'm pregnant well past February 22nd, so be it. I won't be a happy camper, but I'll do it! :-)

DoubleFlyaway · January 2011

No induction planned here, though I don't think my doctor typically wants people to go past 41 weeks. According to the nurse, my doctor keeps a close eye on fluid levels and the placenta to decide how late to let you go but would typically induce between 39 and 41 weeks. She did a quick ultrasound at 36 weeks to look at fluid, whether the baby was making practice breathing movements (I assume this is an indicator of lung maturity), etc., and it made me wonder if she does them every week from here on out.

Honestly, I love my doctor so much that I would almost want her to induce (if my cervix were favorable and I were near or past my due date) so that I could ensure having her deliver my baby. If I have a weekend baby, odds are I'll have a different doctor.

(Btw-- on a related topic-- I was reading about that study saying the average first time mom going into labor at 41w1d, and that was using LMP to calculate due date. I have the feeling that if due dates were calculated in a more accurate way, it would have come out with an average of at least a couple days earlier. It doesn't seem like that many women actually ovulate on day 14, with more ovulating later rather than earlier-- so their babies are actually a little younger than due date calculated by LMP would indicate.)

Nyki06Wed43530 · January 2011

My due date is a little iffy so I was told that as long as everything is going well I can go to 43 weeks. I won't induce before that point. I might just be the last one on this board!

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