Re: post term pregnancy
From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Sat Nov 13 17:26:23 2004
Induce at 41-ish if favorable.
Induce at 42 regardless.
At 41 if unfavorable (meaning long/closed primigravida), NST and
Ultrasound alternating times, i.e. Tuesday-Friday, etc.
Garry
At Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Charlie Chambers wrote:
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>Robert,
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>Do you induce at 41 weeks regardless of Bishop score?
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>Charlie Chambers
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>cchamber@alumni.rice.edu
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>"...not because I regard fishing as being so terribly
>important but because I suspect that so many of the other
>concerns of men are equally unimportant-and not nearly
>so much fun."
> John Voelker
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>On Nov 13, 2004, at 2:51 PM, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. wrote:
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>> At Sat, 13 Nov 2004, RModugno@aol.com wrote:
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>>> In a message dated 11/13/2004 5:22:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>> apgar10@montanadsl.net writes:
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>>> What do others do?
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>>> [Lynn] Weekly biophysical profiles (which includes the AFI)
>>> beginning at 41
>>> weeks.
>>>
>>> In Marietta, GA, USA (Not Namibia or Kwa-Zulu), I usually induce
>>> once 41
>>> weeks have been reached.
>>>
>>> Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
>>> Marietta, GA
>>> _www.novaobgyn.yourmd.com_ (http://www.novaobgyn.yourmd.com)
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>> Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
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>> Roswell, GA
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>"...not because I regard fishing as being so terribly
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>important but because I suspect that so many of the other
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>concerns of men are equally unimportant-and not nearly
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>so much fun."
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> John Voelker
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