Discussing Induction at 36 weeks

mhaas28 · February 2012

I have a friend I went to HS with and today she is 36 weeks pregnant with her 3rd baby. Her Facebook Status was going to my appointment hopefully the doctor will give me an induction date. Isn't a little too soon to talk about induction? Maybe she is close... her other status was how she was 50% effaced and 2 cm dilated. While I know that means nothing for a first baby I am not so sure about 2nd and 3rd babies. What do you all think?

kje120 · February 2012

I think I remember discussing induction at my 36 week appointment, but we didn't set a date or anything. Were her first two babies really big? Maybe she wants it out before it's too big?

shaindelr · February 2012

Considering I had a 5 lbs, 5 oz baby at 37 weeks, 2 days, and he was 4 lbs, 13 oz when we brought him home, I think that's crazypants, but maybe she has big babies or hypertension or something?

mhaas28 · February 2012

Her other babies were like 8 lbs when they were born. Her new status says they guess he is around 7 lbs with a big head. Liam's head was in the 90th percentile so I understand it not being fun to push out a big head. Poor girl is having a rough time. Her husband works on a rig and is out of town right now and she has 2 baby girls to watch and is 36 weeks pregnant.

maddie789 · February 2012

mhaas28:
Her other babies were like 8 lbs when they were born. Her new status says they guess he is around 7 lbs with a big head. Liam's head was in the 90th percentile so I understand it not being fun to push out a big head. Poor girl is having a rough time. Her husband works on a rig and is out of town right now and she has 2 baby girls to watch and is 36 weeks pregnant.

While I don't know the whole story, I can't imagine discussing induction that early. And those size assumptions seem to rarely be accurate. DS's head was also in the 90th percentile range... yep, that was a whole lot of pushing.

LoCarb · February 2012

I think a month before is normal. With my 2nd at my 8 wk appt, I went in asking for an induction to set up childcare for DD1. The dr said she had no problems with that as long as my pg went smoothly we can schedule at 39 wks. I think we set up the induction date at 36 or 37 weeks.

Same w/ DD1. The month before EDD, we discussed induction b/c H had to attend a mandatory job meeting on the actual due date.

SecondTimeinMSU · February 2012

I guess it depends upon when they are discussing it for, is her doctor really busy so they are talking a few weeks out? Does she have any underlying health issues? I have a friend who is on blood thinners since she had a blood clot in her brain and so they induced her at exactly 37 weeks since they wanted her to stop taking her medication 24 hours before delivery. Personally having a baby at around 36 weeks myself and having to deal with him not latching and not wanting to eat period for weeks I would say to let the baby bake for as long as he possibly can unless there are any complications which would make an early induction or c section a safer idea for everyone.

I think you can be dialated and effaced for some time. My husband's coworker just had a baby, it was her third and she was like 4 cm dialated at one point and yet the birth still didn't happen at it was days later they finally induced her.

p1nklemonade · February 2012

does she have other issues like pre-e, gd or pih that you're not aware of? any of those could necessitate an induction in the next few weeks.

LoCarb · February 2012

I read the post as discussing a future induction date at her next ob appt. Not actually inducing at 36 wks. My bad if I understood incorrectly.

Holly520 · February 2012

Like PP said, maybe she has underlying issues that might need an induction.

And I don't think her discussing it with her doctor means that she is being induced, just that they are discussing it should she need it.

mhaas28 · February 2012

I totally could have read her post wrong. Too me it seemed like she wanted her doctor to give her an induction date. She might have some other issues, not sure there. She is the girl that shares everything on Facebook so I would think she would have put that. I just thought it was soon, but like other people said it could have been a date for later on. It seems early to me. My doctor only talked to me about induction when I was 39 weeks and 3 days. He was concerned about my swelling and had me induced the next day. Now that I think about it though my due date was Easter and I bet they wanted to get me in before the holiday...

RunningGal900 · February 2012

Like others I'd want to know what it is for. My BFF had crazy high BP and her OB was talking induction relatively early (baby ended up being born via emergency c-section before they got to that point though), so it could be for a medical reason. I wouldn't think a responsible OB would induce at 36 weeks just because.

azzyberry · February 2012

I think discussing an induction at 36 weeks is fine. I also think that if she is discussing an induction with her OB there is probably a medical reason why an induction is even necessary and you probably don't know the whole story.

cynnnabun · February 2012

I had my membranes stripped at 36 weeks and delivered less than 24 hours later. My baby spent 5 days in the NICU. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

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