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nadiinelouiise · January 2016

How can I bring on my own labour? Baby is getting so big and I'm not even full term, im scared that if I wait full term I'm going to need a C section which I really don't want to have..?! X

CecilB93 · January 2016

I'd take a c-section over a premie any day. I'm due March 2nd, so I'm one of the furthest along in this group, and I can't even fathom having my baby right now. I'd be terrified of the complications he'd go through. Let baby stay in until he/she is ready to come out, his/her health is more important than you not wanting a c-section.

JessKo08 · January 2016

Nope. My advice is don't even try. Baby still has a lot of developing to do. You need to put this idea out of your head now and put your baby's need first. Preterm delivery is no joke. This is not an ok question to be asking.

smount2011 · January 2016

Nope- and here I sit due March 3rd wasting thousands of dollars on injections to PREVENT me from having another preemie. Wth is wrong with people!?

ecwk · January 2016

nadiinelouiise said:
How can I bring on my own labour? Baby is getting so big and I'm not even full term, im scared that if I wait full term I'm going to need a C section which I really don't want to have..?! X

Are you out of your mind? I'm calling MUD on this. No sane person due in March would be asking in January how to induce labour. Go away.

skruhmin · January 2016

MUD, but thanks for the entertainment

bntfroggie · January 2016

No!!!

Melodyags · January 2016

This is very alarming and upsetting.You don't want to bring labour on this early if can help it. You don't say how far long you are exactly, but clearly would have up to 7 weeks left at the very least.
A csection or larger baby would be preferable. Its about what's best for baby. The baby could have very serious health complications and for long term as well. Plus the risk of death is higher. I'm 33 weeks now. My baby on ultrasound this week was only measuring 4 pounds 13 ounces. They are usually off with weight measurements and my baby is measuring biggwr. I have to have steriod injections to get her lungs developed more for delivery. Which is helping with size. Take that into consideration when you thinking your baby is getting really big it isnt most likely.
I'm nervous that I have to deliver at 36 and half weeks because of chances of her having health issues but they can't take chance of me going into labor on my own because of severe complications and health issues and me hemmoraging . I didn't want to have a csection either or a 2nd premie.

blueeyedrose86 · January 2016

Just... no. No. No. No. Your baby will come when it's ready to be born.

skruhmin · January 2016

My whole thing is there are women on this board having twins and are probably feeling HUGE but are desperate to keep their babies in. I just don't get it.

tJaffe · January 2016

As a FTM, petite, 1st grade teacher.... I'm extremely uncomfortable, working sucks, but I cannot imagine and have had actual nightmares of my little guy coming early. I dread the Braxton hicks turning into real contractions. And I'm due one of the last days in March, so I have 7.5 weeks until full term. 10.5 until due date.

But I guess some people put their comforts above the well being of their children? Or maybe we can just hope this person is coming over from a Feb board???

oceanchild · January 2016

Seriously?! Are you kidding?! Honestly I am weirdly offended that you would try to scoot your baby out this early. One of my friends just lost her baby bc her lungs weren't ready and she was born at 36w. And another was due a week ago but has spent the past 5 weeks in NICU with her son born at 36w. Trust me, baby can and needs to get bigger. And it's actually pretty rare that a mom will grow a baby that is "too big" for her to birth vaginally (maybe with the exception of gestational diabetes). Sit down and be patient. Your baby isn't ready to be born yet and it's really effing selfish and unfair of you to want it out early when other mamas are doing everything they can to keep their babies from being premature.

SarahFoley725 · January 2016

Sooo you'd rather have a premie than a c section? I mean my doctors said baby may end up too big for me to deliver and that if she did, I'd need a c section. I said okay whatever is best for her, not hey can I just go ahead and spit her out.

You're incredibly selfish and I hope that you grow up when you have this (hopefully full term) baby. It will depend on you to put it first for the rest of its life. Or did you not know that's how this works?

ClaireBear90 · January 2016

On the off chance this is a genuine question (don't recognize the user name, but I'm not on here every day)... no one can POSSIBLY know that you have a big baby until the baby is born. There have been several discussions of this. It is extremely rare for scans to be accurate in measuring size. Case in point: a friend of mine just had a baby over a week past her due date. Baby was barely over 7 lbs, but she was told time and again throughout her pregnancy that her baby would be "big." Yeah. Right.

And also, as someone who has had a big baby and actually did have difficulty delivering the baby because of shoulders getting stuck . . . you will be amazed at what your body can do. I got that baby out and he's fine and I'm fine and it is not the end of the world.

Other ladies have already said enough about how incredibly dangerous it is for the baby to be born too early.

flowerpower5838 · January 2016

I refuse to believe this is anything but MUD. No one due in March would POSSIBLY consider delivering now, putting their own convenience above that of their baby's heath. No one.

Signed,

Unreasonably optimistic about humanity.

diablesse · January 2016

C-section > NICU any day

Also...don't get worked up over the c-section. They really aren't the worst things you could experience. The pain management is really good and risks with modern technology are pretty low. Just ride out the last few weeks. It seems like an eternity now, but once your baby is here it will feel like nothing.

Swillah · January 2016

Extremely selfish if you ask me. I would so much rather have a big baby than a preemie.

DS was 9lbs and we ended up with borderline shoulder dystocia so my OB mentioned if next baby was measuring big we would consider a c section. At my last appt. my OB had a med student with her and was giving her my history.. first time mom, vaginal delivery to a 9 pound boy, borderline shoulder dystocia, manual placenta removal (almost needed a blood transfusion) and 3rd degree tearing. Now if you are a FTM and reading that it sounds scary and awful but I would do it all over again before I had a c section. I discussed this with her at the appointment with the student and she said we would just have to wait and see how big we thought baby was but it wouldn't be because she thought I couldn't push the baby out it would be for the safety of baby and mom...

Point being you probably wont need a section unless its for the safety of you and baby. BTW how do you know baby is big??

oceanchild · January 2016

Agree about the sonogram sizing being waaaay off. Another friend had a c/s for her big baby (her and her husband are tall, large-framed ppl, and the u/s had measured her baby at 40w as "at least ten pounds" and the baby ended up being 4oz heavier than my first (8lb 4oz) and same weight as my third. And I'm petite.

OP did you accidentally post in the wrong BMB or something?

Lisa6083 · January 2016

I was told today that we might need a c section. Baby is already 5 lbs and has just under 8 weeks left. She has been breech for awhile also. The thought of a c section terrifies me, but after 6 years of trying, I'm willing to have her whatever way they want me to, and prefer that she stays as long as she requires. Try to think of the baby. Not yourself. You will be ok either way.

2goofykids · January 2016

I'm hoping you've just posted in the wrong BMB, and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here. Its always best to let baby go till it's ready, unless your medical caregiver has told you otherwise.

However, if you posted where you meant to, and have at least 7 weeks left. You're a mother now. Its not all about you anymore. Sorry you're uncomfortable, we all are. Pregnancy is not comfortable. A c-section is not the end of the world, and if it's your only choice then I'd say its a pretty good one considering you get a healthy baby at the end of it all.

kyraaD · January 2016

I'm going to go with MUD (& a drive-by post) on this one because NO sane mother would want her March baby out in mid January because she doesn't want a c-section.

kitteh81 · January 2016

Luckily, if this post is not MUD, and the poster really is a March due date, there's literally nothing that any pregnant woman can do to induce labor well before her due date. Nothing. It just doesn't work that way, or else we'd never see medically induced labor for women who are 41+ weeks.

jenniferamcooper · January 2016

@Lisa6083 I had a c section and it really wasn't that bad! As other PPs mentioned pain management is good, and despite me scarring horrible my scar is just a thin purple line. Once it finally fades it'll be nearly invisible.
I didn't have any issues BFing and found stairs suprisenly easy. I felt exhausted all the time but I suspect everyone with a newborn feels that way

rlwright20 · January 2016

I just can't with this. I hope to god this isn't real.

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