I'll try to be brief:
I'm 36 expecting my first baby.
I have chronic thoracic spine pain - constant, significant pain affecting most of my body (due to a car crash).
I am under consultant care.
I have had to take medication throughout my pregnancy & I'm fortunate to have a very knowledgeable & expert consultant.
I can't have a needle in my spine - so no epidural, so I will be having Remifentanyl (if that level of pain relief is required).
My pregnancy has been hard - sickness throughout, additional musculoskeletal & nerve pain, sciatica, carpal tunnel... (on top of my usual pain - normally I have severe upper back pain that makes it very painful to sit down, during pregnancy I've had lower back & pelvic pain too + massive tiredness which makes me want to sit - it's a vicious circle.
I am now 36+4 weeks & have been finding the last few weeks very hard - killer pain & tiredness, and I just want it over with now - the thought of going up to 42 weeks (potentially) is a nightmare!
My consultant says maybe I should be induced at 38 weeks BUT this obviously means a greater chance of c-section.
I have never agreed with the due date given to me by the hospital (all dates quoted have been hospital dates) as my cycle was very erratic & long and the hospital changed my due date by 3 weeks 2 days at a 9 week scan despite this not fitting with early blood & urine tests (which concurred with what I though my due date should be, I always thought 20th Sept not 1st Oct - the first date they gave me was Sept 11th!).
I have been worried about labour from the start as my condition makes me terribly exhausted & I suffer from massive muscle spasm as it is.
If I'm induced at 38 weeks it will be around Sept 16-20th which is what I believe to be 40 weeks.
So should I or shouldn't I be induced???
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Should i be induced at 38 weeks - advice please
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redclover · 31/08/2011 12:34
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