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Need Advice on Refusing Induction Please

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FurryFox · 19/12/2007 16:06

Hospital want to induce me on Christmas Eve when I will be 42 weeks. I have asked if this can be moved forward a couple of days and they have said no, it has to be on Xmas eve.

I have told them I will not be going in on Xmas eve if all well with baby but they've told me "we won't let you go past 42 weeks". I said I'd happily go in Boxing day or the day after to be induced if there was a bed available but they keep telling me I have to go in Xmas eve .

Surely they can not force me to go in? Am just wondering where I stand in all this? What will they do if I don't go in? Can I refuse to go in Xmas eve but request monitoring daily until induction/labour? Please tell me they can't make me go in

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camillathechicken · 19/12/2007 16:07

yes you can ask for expectant management, yes you can refuse to be induced. will try and find some links and stats for you...

FurryFox · 19/12/2007 16:09

Thank you soooo much camilla

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lulalullabye · 19/12/2007 16:10

I agree with camilla. You have every right to ask for this. Research shows that most placentas are fully working until 43wks plus. They will monitor you regularly in that last week and any changes in fetal movement or heart rate and they will induce. They know what to do, but don't like to stray from the norm. Stand your ground.

lulalullabye · 19/12/2007 16:11

p.s. if you turn up boxing day they will not turn you away. They might be pissed off but I really don't think they will send you home !!

FurryFox · 19/12/2007 16:16

Thanks. Just wasn'r sure what to say to them when they kept saying you have to come in. They won't make an appointment for me to see a consultant or anyone to discuss fully. Just the antenatal clinic at the hospital will speak to me but no one else.

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camillathechicken · 19/12/2007 16:17

don;t just turn up on boxing day asking for induction, they have to be booked in, so just refuse the one on xmas eve and take it from there!

camillathechicken · 19/12/2007 16:19

this thread should help!

search for posts by klaw and daisymoo re induction refusal and statistics

am a bit under par and not up to much today !

GloriaInEleusis · 19/12/2007 16:22

Oh what a bunch of twats. I'd say look, you can induce me on the 22nd or the 27th, your choice. But then I'm not a nice person normally, let alone when I'm 42 weeks pregnant (and I have been 42 weeks pregnant so I completely sympathise).

Actually, if I were you, I would have demanded a section at week 41, but that's a whole nother approach.

Good luck! And next time they say "You have..." you should reply "YOU have to listen to me."

camillathechicken · 19/12/2007 16:23

see, gloria tells it like it is !

FurryFox · 19/12/2007 16:23

Thanks camilla, will have a read and a good search

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BeeWiseMen · 19/12/2007 16:23

well done for standing up to the pressure. Just tell them you are not going in on Christmas Eve and they need to make other arrangements for your induction and repeat until it sinks in. What are they going to do - send a crack team of midwives round to bundle you into the back of an ambulance? The only way they can force medical treatment on you is to section you and pregnancy does not currently count as a mental illness.

I'm amazed they want to induce anyone on Christmas Eve. Aren't most hospitals a little stretched staff-wise come Christmas?

GloriaInEleusis · 19/12/2007 16:24

Hi Camilla! Took me ages before I realised who you were. How are you?

FurryFox · 19/12/2007 16:24

Gloria you speak wise words. I will take your approach

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camillathechicken · 19/12/2007 16:25

good link here AIMS is also good for more advice and help here

camillathechicken · 19/12/2007 16:26

well, short answer, i am fine

long answer, i am really poorly, my crohns has flared up, i have a cold, a vomiting bug too, my DCs have been ill, I am making xmas for 15 people and my house is a tip, all i can do is MN from my laptop in bed and hope the DCs can forage and fend for themselves >

betcha glad you asked !!!

i trust you are well !!

FurryFox · 19/12/2007 16:28

Beewise I have been having visions of the police turning up Xmas eve to take me in [grin . They said they are so busy they are having to induce everyday, Christmas Eve & day too.

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GloriaInEleusis · 19/12/2007 16:28

Of course there is resonably good chance you may go into natural labour on Dec. 24.

GloriaInEleusis · 19/12/2007 16:30

Well, if they do, tell them you have decided on a home birth and they will have to come to you. I bet no one shows up on Christmas Eve.

FurryFox · 19/12/2007 16:31

This is true and knowing my luck I probably will. DD arrived on day 40+14 which this time will be Christmas Day

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GloriaInEleusis · 19/12/2007 16:33

Oh Camilla, sorry.

I'm sure DCs will fend just fine.

camillathechicken · 19/12/2007 16:33

thanks gloria

sorry for hijack furry x

FurryFox · 19/12/2007 16:38

No probs, sorry you are feeling so rubbish too and thanks for links

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BeeWiseMen · 19/12/2007 16:44

is there a very bright star hovering above your house furry? Any heavenly singing? Men on camels in your back garden?

LOVEMYMUM · 19/12/2007 18:49

Hi.

Personally, I would go in on Xmas Eve. I know you would rather not and its only a few hours to wait till Boxing Day, but if something was to go wrong, would you be able to live with it? Sorry to be negative?

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 19/12/2007 18:55

Jeez, full of the joys of spring arent you LOVEMYMUM
Chances are two days won't make much difference, you can go in xmas eve and tell them you just want checking over to see if baby is ok then bugger off back homeif you want, that way you'll know 'something isn't wrong'.

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