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December 2010 Moms
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Inducing for non medical reasons
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Would you ever induce for a non medical reason? My boss at work is getting induced later this week 10 days before her due date because her OB is on vacation the week before she is due.
Oh and her OB said she will likely end up with a c/s anyway because her pelvic bones aren't "stretchy".
I swear I had to bite my tongue! Maybe I am just hyper sensitive because I am trying for a VBAC but I think she's basically setting herself up for failure and I just think it's absolutely ridiculous to induce because of someone's vacation schedule there is no other medical reason for the induction!
Oh and her OB said she will likely end up with a c/s anyway because her pelvic bones aren't "stretchy".
I swear I had to bite my tongue! Maybe I am just hyper sensitive because I am trying for a VBAC but I think she's basically setting herself up for failure and I just think it's absolutely ridiculous to induce because of someone's vacation schedule there is no other medical reason for the induction!
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Re: Inducing for non medical reasons
I actually don't think it's that uncommon. When I gave birth to DS on Christmas Eve, it felt like we had the whole maternity ward to ourselves. The nurses told us that a lot of women were induced before Christmas so they didn't have Christm
NO I would not do that. I'd rather have a substitute OB deliver me. Also this is why at my previous and current practices you rotate through a few different people so you're not dependent on one. I knew I was delivering close to xmas last time and I di
The March of Dimes has a campaign going on right now to reduce the rate of not-medically-necessary inductions before a woman is 39 weeks.
My goal was to avoid induct
BFP #2 5/27/12. EDD 2/1/13. m/c and D&C 6/21/12.
I wouldn't because I'm trying to avoid the hospital, but even if I were planning on a hospital birth I wouldn't choose to be induced before my EDD. I feel like those stories often end in c/s or just really long labors, not woth the risk IMO.
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We were given the option to induce DD for several reasons: Since I was 4 cm/80% effaced, baby was measuring on the smaller side & was extremely low, I was contracting irregularly for days, since 2nd babies tend to come faster, and our distance from
My OB'
My little man at 0-1-2
I was induced with both kids, neither really medically indicated. Nate was 42 weeks and they wanted him out, but I'm sure he would have eventually come on his own. That ended in csection and I said I would never be induced again. My new OB
BFP #2 5/27/12. EDD 2/1/13. m/c and D&C 6/21/12.
For non-medical, no.
I was induced with O at 41 weeks on the dot due to elevated BP. After 4 days of bedrest my BP was still climbing, so they asked that we move forward with an induction. Although it took awhile-about 36 hours-I ha