Being induced

[Tammylucy]

Hi ladies

I would just like to get your opinion on the being induced.

I am 39 + 5 weeks and I went to my midwife appointment. She did all the routine checks on me and then she told me when my next appointment is going to be and also that she is going to do a membrane sweep. I was very upset by the fact that she didn't even ask if I wanted one she just said it as this is a routine.

Also she said to me that she will book me in to the hospital for induction (which she did) without even asking me if I wanted to be induced. She booked me in for the day when I'll be 42 weeks without explaining me the risks of being induced or the risks of being pregnant after 42 weeks. When I said that I am not sure if I want to be induced she said that she only booked me because the hospital is very busy and if I wanted to be then it will be hard to find a date at that point. However, I thought that the manner in which she brought up the induction subject was a bit unacceptable.

Am I being a bit unreasonable or does anyone feel the same as me?

I think that doctors these days try to give so much medication even though sometimes this is not necessary.

I would very much like to hear from you. x

[ishouldbeinbedbynow]

It does seem to be standard practice to induce at 42 weeks, it happened to me and I did just accept it, but induction is not always a pleasant experience and with my subsequent pregnancies I tried to avoid it.

I wish I had been strong enough to argue the point with my first pregnancy because even at 42 weeks the induction process took 5 days, I just dont think the baby was really ready to be born yet, he was not in distress, but the hospitals just have this limit of 42 weeks

there are lots of things you can try to get it started, some of them silly but worth a try.

sex
currys
raspberry leaf tea
dancing
scrubbing the kitchen floor on your hands and knees...this one worked for me with ds3

best of luck, and hopefully you can get things started on your own....if you dont it doesnt matter, you will still have a lovely baby at the end of it

[Tammylucy]

Hi, I tried everything apart from scrubbing the floor. I'll try that tmrw. Yesterday I even went up and down the stairs 20 times one after the other as I heard that it might work.

I'm really annoyed as I thought that because I am very short 4"11 my labor will be 1 week or early but that didn't happen.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[piprabbit]

I'm surprised you made it to over 39 weeks before being booked in for induction. For both my pregnancies, I was booked for my induction as soon as I had had my 12 week scan (literally had scan, then went downstairs to see booking-in/screening tests MW). However, because was a special MW, she also gave lots of info about inductions as well as the screening tests.
As far as I understood it, the booking of inductions is for the hospital's benefit as it lets them plan the number of women coming in (they don't want to get too full of labouring women if they can help it).

Don't panic - they can't make you have a sweep or an induction, your MWs communication skill may stink, but you should think of these things as options not set in stone.

[Tammylucy]

Hi

That would have scared me really badly, to book me for induction at 12 weeks scan. I tried throughout my pregnancy not to take any medication and to do everything naturally, so that's why I am a bit annoyed.But as you said, they can't make me do something if I don't want to.

Thanks for the msg.