I'm writing my birth plan, anyone care to help?

[TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor]

I have some wonderful links that I have been given from other posters and have decided to start on my birth plan.

I'm kind of stuck on what to write WRT induction.

I am a VBA2Cer and just wondered what my options are if I go overdue.

When you due then TT? (being lazy ) I'm 37 weeks on sunday by my dates, xmas day by midwife's date - apart from DS1 I've gone off at 39 weeks so not long now (gulp!)

Great

The easiest way to refuse induction is to just say no. I cancelled induction booked for 42wks (scan edd) and requested Expectant Management. After all it was my decision! They didn't get cross with me, and they didn't drag me in

I did have the bonus of dates discrepancy in that scan brought my edd forward by 9 days but I'd support you in stating (not asking) that you wish Expectant Managment over induction or booking elCS unless or until the EM found cause for concern. Then you and dh wish to make up your own minds whether to go for cautious induction or elCS.

It is YOUR decision, not the consultants. And you have the benefit of gut instinct, which he can't listen to.

OMG Jamila!!! How time flies! Hope you're keeping well, wish I could be with you

errr, just checked your profile, eery! I'm Aquarian and we look quite similar!

Ooooh, good link, Klaw! I shall have to have a proper look at that later.

TT, I suppose from an obstetrician's pov, oxytocin is a 'safer' bet than prostaglandin (8/1000 ruptures compared with 25/1000) but even so... I agree with klaw that any sort of induction/augmentation is really a non-no with VBA2C.

How do you actually feel about going straight to elective c-sec if you go past, say, 42 weeks?

I'm not due til april jamila, quite a while left to go, but I'm seeing my consultant in a couple of weeks and she said she'd take a look at my birth plan if I took it along so thoguht I may as well.

TBH snaf, a cs is something I really do not want. I don't know much about going overdue so not sure what they'd say, but I'd prefer to wait until I knew my baby really needed to come out before a cs was discussed.