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Induction vs twice weekly monitoring.

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mango1821 · 28/03/2022 08:57

Hi, I've had many episodes of reduced movement during my 3rd trimester. Scans and CTG's have came up fine, although baby does tend to keep me on the monitor for a long time due to her being asleep/inactive! But she does meet the criteria in the end.

I'm 37.5 weeks and the doctor said she would like to do the monitoring instead of induction due to the rate of failed inductions this early. Totally agree with her and would obviously like to keep baby in for as long as I can.

However, when do I call it a day and ask for further conversations about induction? I'm not great at advocating for myself and tend not to express my worries well! However, I don't know if I can go to 40 weeks with only have 2 ctg's a week and still experiencing reduced movement possibly! Like the monitoring it great, but you only know the baby is okay in that moment... I don't really want to sit there guessing about my baby's health...

When is the earliest they induce for this kind of thing? I was thinking of pushing for 39 weeks but don't want to if this is not commonly done! Help!!

Thanks!!

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Whiskeypowers · 14/04/2022 11:39

Ah that’s lovely news!
Congratulations

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