It's not what I want at all But I suppose I am going to have to find ways to make it ok rather than deciding it's going to be awful because then it probably will be!
I'm 39+2. The baby is rather quiet. Growth looks ok on the scan but there isn't a lot of fluid around it. The doctor said that she would really recommend induction because she had seen cases where a woman had a still birth and had had various niggly factors in her notes, similar to mine.
It's probably the last thing I originally wanted, but I also don't want a c-section and I don't think it would be reasonable for me to continue the pregnancy at any cost when the baby generally isn't moving well now.
Do any of you have tips on how I can cope? I'm not feeling very strong mentally. It will be easier if I can have the lights off and I want to avoid assisted delivery / episiotomy. I am worried that if I need the hormone drip I will have to have an epidural - which last time was a rather costly intervention for me. But a midwife I spoke to today said that epidurals today are better than they were 7 years ago.
Any advice would be appreciated...
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I'm going into hospital to be induced today - how can I make the best of it?
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electra · 10/04/2009 10:32
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