common for ftms to be induced?

nk1220 · November 2012

Hi ladies,

I know every person is different but I'm wondering how common it is for ftms to be induced rather than having baby come naturally. I'm beginning to think that this little one doesn't want to ever come out and I'm trying to prepare myself for induction if need be. I still have 11 days until my edd but I really havent had any symptoms that have been consistent enough for me to think he's actually going to come out on his own. I have been losing my mucus plug again I guess for the past 2 weeks off and on but my bh contrax are not painful and they've slowed so much lately. Ugh. I'm trying to get my head around that he may just never come on his own. Were you induced with your first or will you be?

cowgirltu · November 2012

Why are you so worried that he wont come on his own? Your not even at your edd yet. I wouldnt worry about being induced until your overdue.

nk1220 · November 2012

My ob said that she doesn't let babies go to 41weeks...I will be induced sometime in my 40th week if he's late.

nanabanana06 · November 2012

nk1220:
My ob said that she doesn't let babies go to 41weeks...I will be induced sometime in my 40th week if he's late.

That would worry me. Babies aren't technically "late" until 42 weeks. 40 weeks is just an average. I wouldn't allow my doc to induce me before 42 weeks.

Anyways, I was induced with DD. it wasn't fun and regret it every day. Don't worry yet though. You still have time. Relax. Cross the induction bridge when you get there.

choppinbroccoli22 · November 2012

You won't have any symptoms! Labor will start when it starts. Don't look for signs of its coming. BH contrax aren't supposed to be painful, MP's don't really indicate anything. You still have plenty of time for LO to come naturally. Don't even worry about it until after your due date has come and gone!

Meli B · November 2012

Just try to relax and he will be here before you know it. My first baby was born 2 days before her EDD with no prior symptoms or warnings and my 2nd came on the date of his due date with no prior symptoms either. They will make their grand entrance as soon as they are ready, you'll see

We just get very anxious the closer we get to the EDD but try your best to relax. Good Luck and keep us posted

peacelove&mama · November 2012

choppinbroccoli22:
You won't have any symptoms! Labor will start when it starts. Don't look for signs of its coming. BH contrax aren't supposed to be painful, MP's don't really indicate anything. You still have plenty of time for LO to come naturally. Don't even worry about it until after your due date has come and gone!

This. When it happens, it'll happen. Try to relax and enjoy the peace and quiet while you can. If there's no medical need for induction, from what I've heard from friends who were induced, you don't want one.

kimski · November 2012

I was induced with my first and will be again this time due to my GD. My first induction went great. The only problems we had were related to a possible heart defect on #1 and the fact that she would not stay on a monitor leading the staff to worry that she was possibly dropping her heart rate. Once the staff realized that it was a monitoring problem not her heart things settled down. But they had the NICU team there just in case. Over all pretty smooth and I'm not worried about this induction other than the normal baby jitters.

But I agree with previous posts that state you've got awhile to go on your own. But either way I would discuss the options and risks /benefits for all. Namely I'd want another u/s if you haven't had one to make sure size and everything is alright before jumping into induction.

On a side note some babies do just stall out in the womb growth wise-thus the need for an u/s to check things out. My sister's last was like that which is why she was induced. Previous to that she went into labor normally with her first 2.

Amaryllis619 · November 2012

I was induced with DD1 due to hypertension at 39weeks. If you don't have a medical reason for induction, I wouldn't even discuss until you are overdue, which would be 42 weeks for FTM. I didn't enjoy my induction, and it ended in c/sect which I'm still upset over. Don't sign up for something you might regret later just because you are anxious. baby will come in the next few weeks either on her own or with a little help. relax!

ambrlynn8 · November 2012

With my first I was induced. It's not a pleasant experience and I didn't discuss induction at all prior to my due date; however, on my due date I was not given an option. The doctor told them to induce me, and no one asked my opinion or presented any actual reason why it needed to be done.

I know my dr this time said they would induce at 41 weeks, because the risk of a c-section doubles at 42, if baby gets too big. But now, we're talking induction at 39 weeks because of high blood pressure.

The signs of labor don't really start until labor begins. I know it feels like baby will never come, but hopefully, baby will make his/her move on their own.

Induction sucks.

You're due the day after me, and I feel like baby is never going to come either... but who knows. When I went into labor at 32 weeks with this one, there were no signs prior to labor starting at work. Of course, at that point, it had to be stopped and thankfully, was.

HappyMama30 · November 2012

I was induced with my first, but only because my water broke and the contractions just weren't happening. They wouldn't let me go past 24 hrs after my water broke, so after about 12 hrs I was put on pitocin to get things rolling. It was not pleasant. Things just happened so much quicker and with so much more force. Anyway. It couldn't be helped. But I was not induced in thew "traditional" sense I guess.

perfectlove09 · November 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
nk1220:
My ob said that she doesn't let babies go to 41weeks...I will be induced sometime in my 40th week if he's late.

That would worry me. Babies aren't technically "late" until 42 weeks. 40 weeks is just an average. I wouldn't allow my doc to induce me before 42 weeks.

Anyways, I was induced with DD. it wasn't fun and regret it every day. Don't worry yet though. You still have time. Relax. Cross the induction bridge when you get there.

I would worry about that too. New studies show average gestation is 41 w 1 day. It would really annoy me if my dr said "I WON'T let babies go past a week". Is she god? Why does she just get to put that limit on every woman? Does she not realize that not every person on the planet falls into this bracket they have set up? Seriously that kind of stuff irks me lol can you tell?
Anyway...off my rant. I'd try to relax as best as you can. Add 8 days to your due date and when that date comes then start worrying/thinking about what to do or weather your feeling "symptoms".. Hang in there lady :

coolhandjade · November 2012

nk1220:
My ob said that she doesn't let babies go to 41weeks...I will be induced sometime in my 40th week if he's late.

People forget, your doctor works for you, not the other way around. If you don't want to be induced, you don't have to be. They think they are doing YOU a favor (and get to schedule you to their benefit as well). If you don't want it, speak up. Inducing at 42 weeks, okay, but there really is no need to induce at 41 weeks if everything is looking normal.

mrsz2008 · November 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
nk1220:
My ob said that she doesn't let babies go to 41weeks...I will be induced sometime in my 40th week if he's late.

That would worry me. Babies aren't technically "late" until 42 weeks. 40 weeks is just an average. I wouldn't allow my doc to induce me before 42 weeks.

Anyways, I was induced with DD. it wasn't fun and regret it every day. Don't worry yet though. You still have time. Relax. Cross the induction bridge when you get there.

Every doctor an every practice is different. My doctor normally doesn't induce FTMs until 41 weeks, but induced me at 40w 2d because my body had progressed so well from week 39 to 40 and I was so done being pregnant. Inducing at 40 weeks is completely normal and there's no reason for her to be "worried".

OP, don't worry about not having any symptoms, things can change very quickly and you'll be in labor.

nanabanana06 · November 2012

mrsz2008:
Nana_Osaki06:
nk1220:
My ob said that she doesn't let babies go to 41weeks...I will be induced sometime in my 40th week if he's late.
That would worry me. Babies aren't technically "late" until 42 weeks. 40 weeks is just an average. I wouldn't allow my doc to induce me before 42 weeks. Anyways, I was induced with DD. it wasn't fun and regret it every day. Don't worry yet though. You still have time. Relax. Cross the induction bridge when you get there.
Every doctor an every practice is different. My doctor normally doesn't induce FTMs until 41 weeks, but induced me at 40w 2d because my body had progressed so well from week 39 to 40 and I was so done being pregnant. Inducing at 40 weeks is completely normal and there's no reason for her to be "worried". OP, don't worry about not having any symptoms, things can change very quickly and you'll be in labor.

Except that inducing before 42 weeks isn't even medically necessary. What I stated doesn't depend on the practice, it's fact. The fact that practices are inducing before 42 weeks more and more is a big reason why our C/S rates in the US are getting higher. OB's are surgeons, end of story.

Treschic81 · November 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
mrsz2008:
Nana_Osaki06:
nk1220:
My ob said that she doesn't let babies go to 41weeks...I will be induced sometime in my 40th week if he's late.
That would worry me. Babies aren't technically "late" until 42 weeks. 40 weeks is just an average. I wouldn't allow my doc to induce me before 42 weeks. Anyways, I was induced with DD. it wasn't fun and regret it every day. Don't worry yet though. You still have time. Relax. Cross the induction bridge when you get there.
Every doctor an every practice is different. My doctor normally doesn't induce FTMs until 41 weeks, but induced me at 40w 2d because my body had progressed so well from week 39 to 40 and I was so done being pregnant. Inducing at 40 weeks is completely normal and there's no reason for her to be "worried". OP, don't worry about not having any symptoms, things can change very quickly and you'll be in labor.
Except that inducing before 42 weeks isn't even medically necessary. What I stated doesn't depend on the practice, it's fact. The fact that practices are inducing before 42 weeks more and more is a big reason why our C/S rates in the US are getting higher. OB's are surgeons, end of story.

Exactly. And to the OP, even if you do induce at 41 weeks, you said you're 11 days from 40 weeks, so you're worrying about not going into labor and you have over 2 weeks before that's even an issue. Don't worry, just relax and let it happen.

BrittanyDoesDerby · November 2012

I'm kind of amused at all of the "Why are you worrying??" and "Relax!"... For me, at least, that is something waaaay easier said than done. As my EDD grows closer, I get more and more paranoid that LO is going to be really late.

nk1220 · November 2012

BrittanyDoesDerby:

I'm kind of amused at all of the "Why are you worrying??" and "Relax!"... For me, at least, that is something waaaay easier said than done. As my EDD grows closer, I get more and more paranoid that LO is going to be really late.

Thank you BDD. I am right there with you. I know that stats on induction leading to a c section and I'm trying to avoid such interventions...so the longer I do go without any progress, the more intervention is likely to happen...If I push my ob to 42 weeks and then find out that my lo's head won't fit and I have to have a c section because I waited too long, this will make me more upset than anything. I guess that's why ob's have a standard for getting baby out at a certain point. I'm not sure. But it still scares me.

choppinbroccoli22 · November 2012

You sound like me with my first... I was very scared of any kind of intervention. Terrified of the hospital experience, I switched to a midwife, and started reading up on all the natural ways I was going to go through labor and delivery. I made it pretty close to plan, but needed some help in the end with the circumstances. The most valuable thing for me through that process was, when an aunt suggested that I would be doing myself no favors if I had a closed mind to all interventions, believing that if I needed one of them for whatever reason, that I would somehow have failed myself and the baby, and my husband.

I'm saying this to you because, I completely understand you don't want to be induced. You don't want the cascade of interventions, the clock ticking, the baby's distress leading to c-section. I know... you're talking to someone who is going with a birth center over hospital this time to get even further away from the interventions (more time after water breaks before pitocin is used). However, it's important that you don't FEAR them to the point that you a) would consider yourself a failure if you end up needing to have anything done, and b) that the fear itself works against you. The hormones that fear releases work counter to the natural process of labor, even to the onset of labor (or so I have read)... AND the baby can sense and respond to your stress as well.

My point is, things may go better for you if you can not only recognize the things that you're afraid of, but also why you're afraid of them, and then try to see them differently. Try to accept that some of these things may become necessary for the best possible outcome, which is ultimately what you want.

I still work on this when I notice certain thoughts creeping into my head... You just can't let the negative thoughts control you! Take ownership in whatever way you can of them.

*LrCg* · November 2012

My first 2 came at exactly 37 weeks (no induction & my dates were accurate). I know this is a little uncommon but I find that for some reason women think a baby can come anytime after 37 weeks so they think 40 weeks is late- its not its "on time". My midwife does not induce based on time- a baby will come when its ready. If your still healthy and its 40.5 weeks there must be a reason why that baby hasn't come. FWIW- with both of my kids I never felt BH prior to labor nor did I ever notice my mucus plug coming out. I don't do internals (because they tell you nothing) so I have no idea what I was at when labor started. So the point is I had no symptoms whatsoever when labor started for me it was just time for them to come.

StefandTodd · November 2012

I cannot imagine being worried this early in the game. I think you really, REALLY need to relax.

With my first, I was due 8/26, and I was sure he'd be a September baby. I just felt *sure* he was going to come "late" so I honestly had 8 days past EDD in my head as my actual EDD. After 8 days, I might've started to ramp up the sex, walking, spicy food, etc out of worry about having to push back on my OB. But interestingly, I went into my 40 week appt on my EDD, saw my OB, she checked me and scheduled me for an appt at 41 weeks. She never even said the word "induction" in the 40 weeks that I saw her, including ON my EDD. I love her for that. I went into labor on my own about 12 hours after leaving her office and had a baby 10 hours after that. I had had no signs of labor prior to that.

Have some confidence in your body. I don't know why you're (OP) so worried about everything...can't really understand what life experiences have led you to this place, but you really can do this. It really will be okay. And when your baby is here, it really will have all been worth it. Relax a little bit!

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