Re: 'To induce or not to induce' that is the question

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My third, my EDD was 7/1/01, my doctor scheduled me for an induction on June 30, 2001, again because of gestational diabetes. However on June 29, the baby decided to do things his way, and I didn't need to be induced, another vaginal birth, no complications, other than meconium.

You have to remember that the due date is just an estimation, it isn't 100%. Some doctors will not worry about inducing until a woman is 2 weeks past her EDD, unless she is high risk.

Even if you and your wife and doctor decide to induce, it doesn't necessarily mean that it will work. Some women go back home, and come back the next day to try again.

Heidi

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From: "Sean" <anonymous@obgyn.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH" <pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:37 PM Subject: 'To induce or not to induce' that is the question

> Hi All,
>
> I realize that there is no right or wrong answer to the question, even
> after reading all the induction threads on this board and talking to our
> obgyn doctor. I'm hoping we can make our decision base on your past
> experiences. A little history about ourselves. We're in the early 30's
> and this is our first child. My wife EDD is 1/18/03 and our last u/s
> shows the baby is between 9-10 lbs. Our doctor suggested that we could
> induce it last week (1/12/03), but won't recommend whether we should
> induce or to "let nature takes its course" so to speak. We still don't
> know whether we should induce or to wait for the baby to come out
> naturally. Fortunately, my wife is only 2 days from the EDD, but due to
> the large size of the baby, we are afraid that the longer we wait, the
> more complexity the birth process might become. I know the choices are
> ours to make, but we feel that we still don't have enough information to
> make one decision over the other. 2 questions based on your previous
> experiences:
>
> 1) Those that are induced here, I'm curious how many were delivered via
> c/s and how many were induced vaginally. I realize that we won't know
> until the birth process starts, but I'm trying to avoid the c/s route if
> possible.
>
> 2) I'm somewhat disappointed at our doctor not not being able to
> recommend. Just curious of any opinion on what we should do?
>
> Many many thanks in advance.
>
> =Sean>

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