Refusing induction based on mis-matching LMP and scan dates

[kimbobby2000]

Hi there,
I am very new to this site, but seeing as I'm very close to having my baby I thought that now is the time to join!

I wanted to make this post as I have been searching the net for women with similar stories to make me feel more confident about going with my instincts.

My scan date put my due date at 19th July. However, my LMP was 18th October making my due date based on my LMP as 25th July. I also know my date of implantation (9th November) which fits in nicely with my LMP date as 8 days past ovulation based on a 28 day cycle.

Throughout my whole pregnancy I have just ignored the scan due date the midwife has put on my form, however, it has now become very important!

Tomorrow I will be 40 + 10 according to my midwife, but only 40 + 4 based on my dates. I have been so stressed, being unable to get to sleep for fear of being induced too early. In my head I KNOW that I have a legal right to refuse, but the stress is from the expectation that I am going to be pressured into having one, and made to feel like I am putting my baby at risk unnecessarily by not having one.

I have done SOOO much research on the topic, and have read the NICE guidelines and the AIMS publication 'Induction- do I really need it?', and have just today started to relax as I am confident that I am making the right decision by refusing an induction until 2 weeks after MY due date of 25th July. I understand that 41 weeks is the average for first time babies- so I am now focusing on 1st August. I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. it just makes me so angry that we are given a due 'date', and if we go past, the threat of induction looms and puts a lot of women under a lot of unnecessary stress!

I am practicing HypnoBirthing and I want to do everything in my power to make it as natural an event as possible and avoid any medical intervention unless absolutely necessary.

I will be making it clear to my midwife on Tuesday that I want expectant management to monitor the baby and that if a problem is identified at any point, I would consent to an induction.

It upsets me that so many women don't realise that they have a choice regarding induction, and other pregnancy / childbirth issues. The AIMS publication 'Am I allowed?' should be made widely available to every woman in Britain to inform and educate that there is ALWAYS choice.

I very much hope I can return to this conversation having had a positive birth experience to share with you! :-)

Good luck! I had the same issue but there was only a 2 day difference between "my dates" and "theirs". I always had regular periods and I know when my baby was conceived but they would not listen and insisted on going by their date. I only went 12 days past my due date but because of bank holidays and weekends the mw was trying to book me in for induction at +8 which was only +6 by my dates and when I refused they tried to tell me I had no choice! There was no reason to induce apart from the fact that I had gone past my estimated due date. I stood my ground and had a wonderful homebirth so all was well in the end but it makes me so angry that women are being put under so much pressure and I really think the stress can stop you going into labour.

Just wanted to conclude this post! I finally gave in to being induced on Wednesday 7th August. The hospital were so concerned about me that they bent over backwards to accommodate me and I was allowed to be induced in the MLU and was told I could stay there the whole time if things progressed normally. HOWEVER, to my HUGE disappointment, after having the pessary, ARM, and the drip, I didn't even make it to established labour, getting no further than 3cm by Thursday eve. Due to his heart rate showing signs of distress, Owen Alexander was born by C-section early Friday morning weighing 8lb 6oz.

I know it's silly, but I do feel like my body has failed somewhat- I was so desperate for it to be a natural birth. However, I am putting it all in the past and am focusing on looking after my beautiful healthy baby boy.

One last point,when I had been shown to my room in the MLU and I finally didn't have to worry about it anymore, I actually felt my first mild contractions before they had even given me the pessary. I am so convinced that the stress I was under in those last few weeks prevented me from going into labour naturally.

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I would do the same x

I had it the other way - scan put me as earlier than I thought I was, I was quite pleased it gave me a few extra days (baby was born one week 'over')
All the chances are you'll be in labour soon. I didn't feel I was ever going to go until contractions started.
I had a lovely water birth and used some hypnobirthing techniques.

Eek I'm so sorry for not reading properly

Congratulations! What a lovely name. Please please please don't feel guilty it sounds like you did amazing. Give yourself a bit of time to adjust and then you can have a debrief to go over anything you are still thinking about.

I do feel it important to go with the flow and not set up too many ideal for childbirth. Its just so unpredictable. Never feel your body failed - hospital got him out safest way.

*ideals