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Second guessing myself now!

AnneleaAnnelea member
in March 2013 Moms
I am 38wks., 3days along, i went to my Dr. appt. today and my bp was up 143/83. and he said my cervix is no where close to being ripe and i'm 1cm. dilated. he was concerned about my bp so he sent me to the hospital for full lab workup and a Non stress test with instructins to be kept untill labs came back. all was fine and i get the joy of another 24hr. urine test! but he asked me if i wanted to be induced on Monday. i said yes, but now i'm second guessing my decision,  i will have to be in the hosp. longer, i have heard that being induced is more painful than letting your body go into labor on its own, there is a greater chance of c-section.  I go back to the Dr. on thursday so i can still change my decision i guess. i just dont know what to do now.  I know not being dialted does not really mean anything, i have read and read that but it's so different when it you and your baby!
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  • doremi29doremi29 member
    Does your OB feel it's medically necessary?  Or is he just offering it up?  Did all the tests come back with good results?  If it wasn't medically necessary, I would definitely give my body/baby more time to get going on its own.  If it was a doctor recommendation, I'd have to think a little more about it.
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  • AnneleaAnnelea member
    He did not say if it was medically necessary. he did a internal and said i was no where close and i said oh, that's disappointing and he said we can give you medicines for that after 39weeks. i said ok and he said you need to go to ob and do a NST and a full lab workup and then he rushed out. and the nurse in ob said i went ahead and set me up for induction on monday. all my lab work was just fine and my BP went down after the dr. office. so once i got thinking about it the doc. did not really discuss it real well. i go back on thursday and plan on trying to get him to stay in the room and talk to me, he was running an hour and a half behind today and was gone in a flash.  on 2/1 baby was est. to be 7lbs and Dr. said he would do his own u/s to better judge weight and he never has, so i'm worried about having a big baby but he has never measured big.  my practice has 3 docs. and he is not the one i really want to see to begin with but the dr. i started with is always booked or on call at the hosp. i always feel like he does not have time or does not know my history like the other dr.
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  • amykins1283amykins1283 member
    From what I have read an induction has a higher chance of succesa if you have already started progressing on your own. Also, I had to be induced with my first after my water broke spontaneously and labor wasn't all that bad. I made it to 7 cm before getting an epidural. I have a feeling that I am going to have more pain this time.

    Like the PP said, it would probably be better to wait a bit longer depending on the results of your urine catch.

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  • doremi29doremi29 member

    Yeah, I would definitely talk further about it on Thursday because I'm not following why he would be inducing you.  Maybe see about another U/S to see where they're thinking baby size is at (which honestly still wouldn't sway me towards an induction unless they were estimating some massive baby), see where your BP is at that point, and see if your cervix has become anymore "favorable". 

    I remember how frustrating it was to go into my 39.5 week appointment and find out that I was not at all dilated and that my OB wouldn't induce until 42 weeks, but then I went into labor on my own a few days later and it was such a great experience.  I'm really hoping to have a similar experience this time and I'm trying to be prepared to stay relaxed if/when I find out I'm not dilated or effaced prior to 40 weeks. 

    GL!!!!

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  • mnj05mnj05 member
    I'm being induced Friday but I'm also dilated between a 4 and 5 now. My OB will break my water and see what my body does on its own though before adding meds to the mix.

    If you're second guessing then you're not completely comfortable and you need to be. Definitely ask to discuss it further and decline if you still feel uneasy. You could go into labor on your own next week or you may end up being induced at a later date, but if you feel it's best to wait it out a while longer then do that.

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