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Re: Elective Induction - more questions.. From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Wed Jul 7 17:17:08 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Elective Induction - more questions.." Previous message: Vicki Smith: "Re: Elective Induction - something goes wrong" In reply to: Len2976@aol.com: "Re: Elective Induction - something goes wrong" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Elective Induction - more questions.." In a multiparous patient -- what's a satisfactory timetable for the whole ELECTIVE induction process - did you you choose well if a patient needs more than 24 hours for delivery ... IMHO this whole situation about elective induction is getting out of hand - >At Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Len2976@aol.com wrote: > >The IOL rate in my area is also high. I am in a semi-rural area of Florida >where the patients start asking about IOL at 36 weeks. I personally hate >inductions and will rarely do them for non-medical reasons prior to 39 weeks. > >However I am in a practice with one obstetrician and 2 other CNMs who are >much more liberal than I am about inducing patients. In one way it is >understandable--patients here who are tired of pregnancy have been known to transfer to >another MD just to get an IOL at 37-38 weeks (for example for "PTL"--UCs with >no cervical change) or even a repeat C/S at 37 weeks for the same reason or >for "maternal fatigue." > >The most I can do is insist that no IOL is scheduled the day I am on for >non-medical reasons prior to 39 weeks--especially if the cervix is unfavorable. >As a result of this, I have the fewest of deliveries for the three of us--and >also the lowest C/S rate. > >Lenora McCall, CNM -- "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962) Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Elective Induction - more questions.." Previous message: Vicki Smith: "Re: Elective Induction - something goes wrong" In reply to: Len2976@aol.com: "Re: Elective Induction - something goes wrong" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Elective Induction - more questions.."

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