I am now ten days overdue with my first baby. I've had contradictory advice from two different midwives about how long to leave it before induction. Had one nonstress test on Friday which looked great, no concerns about me or ds. Have another one Tuesday but also have an induction booked for Thursday when I will be 42 weeks. I know no one can make this decision for me but I'd appreciate any thoughts.
FWIW, my pro-induction points are:
Getting on with it after a tedious wait - might as well get it over and done with
Could be safer for baby
Avoids wasting any more of my leave (only get 12 weeks as am in USA and already 2 weeks gone)
My Mum never went into labour, induced every time including once at 20 days overdue (maybe we don't go into labour)
My pro-waiting points are:
Might go into labour naturally thereby avoiding downsides of induction
My DM went overdue every time so maybe it's our thing
September baby better for school
So I need to decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with the induction on Thursday or not.
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10 days overdue: consent to induction or not?
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Terramirabilis · 25/08/2014 03:15
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