Re: 37 Week Induction??

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At Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Gin wrote: >
>I am currently 35w 2d. My doctor will be leaving town when I am 37w and
>3d and will not be returning for 2-3 weeks. (Her own daughter is having
>a baby.) At my appt. yesterday my cervix was very soft and thinning
>out, but there was not any dialation yet.
>
>The doctor asked me IF my cervix was cooperative on my next visit, would
>I want to be induced, before she left town. We've been talking about
>inducing due to the apparent large size of this baby and my past history
>of a big baby. (I was induced with mt last baby at 38w 0d, and gave
>birth to a 8lb. 3oz. baby. My doctor didn't think I would have been
>able to vaginally deliver a baby much larger than that.)
>
>I know that if I have not dialated any by next week's appointment, the
>question is moot, as I don't want to risk a failed induction and have to
>have a c-section because of a scheduling problem with the doctor or my
>own convenience. But I wonder if 37 weeks is too early too attempt an
>induction? (My previous induction was due to pregnancy-induced
>hypertension, which is not a factor at all in my current pregnancy.)
>
>Any thoughts would be appreciated!

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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
Buenos Aires
Argentina

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