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Re: Is induction advisable?
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:45:27 -0500 (CDT)
Thank you very much for the prompt reply and reassurance!
--Amy
At Fri, 7 Sep 2001, M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, wrote:
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>At Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Amy wrote:
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>>I am 40 weeks and 5 days pregnant with my first.I have been 1-2 cm
>>dilated, 90% effaced, and at -2 station for over two weeks now. I have
>>tried: blue and black cohosh, lots of sex, prolonged nipple stimulation,
>>and castor oil with no results.
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>>I have an induction scheduled in 4 days--Monday-- at 41 weeks and 2
>>days. My fear is that my cervix is not "ripe" enough to successfully
>>induce and I will end up one of those women who is in hard, long labor
>>for 20 hours and then ends up with a c-section.
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>your cervix is ripe
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> I am torn between going
>>for the induction on Monday or waiting another week, in hopes that I'll
>>be more ripe and have an easier time. I can't get a good answer from my
>>midwife (maybe because there is no good answer!)
>>The burden of this decision is wearing on me heavily and causing a lot
>>of emotional distress.
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>>I would appreciate your opinion on this. Am I setting myself up for an
>>awful labor and probable c-section? Or am I a good candidate for
>>induction?
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>good candidate -- a heck of a lot better than I was when I was induced
>at 1 and long -- and delivered vaginally 14 hours later!
>>
>>Thank you!
>>
>>Amy, Clarksville, TN
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>--
>M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
>South Lake Tahoe, CA
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>author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide
>available in all major bookstores and on-line at amazon.com
>
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