3 days overdue with my 4th baby. This in itself has been a new experience as my others all came at 39 weeks so mentally I’ve been preparing to have this baby for weeks now!
I’ve got GD, diet managed, and despite a scan a month ago showing baby looked smaller than my others (biggest was 10lbs at birth a week early) there was an expectation that he would come early too.
my Midwife is very laid back and has said they won’t do an induction until 41+6. I’m really worried and anxious about the effect on the baby- his size, the GD etc and can’t understand why they’d wait so long (having read a lot it’s usual with GD to induce around 40 weeks) her opinion was I’ve done it before so I’ll do it again in relation to birthing a bigger baby…yes but I’ve never gone this far on before or had full blown GD! I did say I wasn’t happy about it but maybe should have pushed more. This is NHS and I have a second sweep tomorrow. Should I be asking to speak to an obstetrician? Make more of a fuss? It’s against my nature to do so but 41+6 (and likely it will be in the days after that if they’re busy) just seems too long with the factors at play.