Has anyone had experience of refusing an induction?

[hackneyzoo]

I am currently 40+6 with DC3 and have never gone this overdue before. I am hoping for another home birth. MW came today and said she had to book me in for an induction on Thursday, when I will be 40+11.

There are a number of reasons I want to avoid an induction:
i) This baby was planned, my cycle dates are 28 days, I know when I concieved and my EDD date, if I go by LMP is 12th Jan, it was the scan that bought it forward. SO technically I don't think I will be all that overdue.

ii) From what I have read, as long as the baby is healthy there are no massive risks to letting nature take it's course. Could I ask the hospital to monitor me instead of being induced?

iii) It is DC2's second birthday on Friday and so I would rather not have him share it. (I shared a birthday with an older sibling and it was a PITA at times)

iv) I have had two active births, one of them a water birth, and they were positive experiences that I would like to repeat. I am anxious about being confined to a bed and monitored and am worried this will lead to unnecessary intervention.

v) If the baby is in distress, I will of course go along with induction.

I would really like to hear if anyone has refused induction and if they came up against much opposition. I would also like any opinions on whether my points seem valid.

Has anybody managed to still have a HB wen they have gone over 40+12?

Hope all is going well hackneyzoo

A quick update from hospital! They took so Long getting round to induction that I went into labour naturally. Went to midwife led unit and had a 3 hour labour and gave birth in Water to a 8pm 11 baby girl on dc2's birthday! She was in scbu as swallowed some amniotic fluid but is doing well now and her breathing is fine

Fantastic news hackneyzoo congratulations on the birth of your dd x

Wow hackneyzoo congratulations !!

Interesting thread as am currently at 40+11 days and refusing to be induced after a bad experience with my first birth.

I have an appointment with the hospital tomorrow and I know they want to induce me then. Every midwife I have seen keeps asking me what I am going to do if I don't get induced. Shouldn't they be giving me that advice?

It is all very stressful am hoping I get better advice at the hospital tomorrow.

how silly for them to ask you what you're going to do gemt good luck.

Congratulations - and well done for not being induced

Gemt Tell them you're going to remain pregnant forever, it's ok, you and the baby have decided that it's easiest if it just stays where it is. See what they say to that.

Then you can suggest they offer you Expectant Management as per NICE guidelines. Hope all goes well - remember, they can't MAKE you do anything.