Come and tell me what I need to know about expectant monitoring. In particular what they look for and how frequently they need to look at it
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Good News.
Baby has moved again now LOA and not engaged, rather than OP
Not as Good News
I am only 40 + 8 over by scan dates, midwife record has me down for 40 + 9 instead...go figure.
Just had an interesting conversation with a community midwife this morning. She said oh you are 40 + 9, we'll have to book your induction.
I said I didn't want to be induced now and I would like to wait and see if baby turns up on his/her own over the next few days and if nothing happens I would like to go for expectant monitoring from 42 weeks.
Midwife insists she needs to book me in for an inducement even if I choose to cancel it later. I agreed that is fine, I don't want the midwife in trouble, happy to cancel the inducement when I get home from the doctors.
She chats to the hospital who decided the only possible inducement date has to be tomorrow morning at 9am. Midwife falters and back tracks, saying that as she knows I wouldn't go in tomorrow, so there is no point booking me in. More muttering on the phone. Midwife smiles at me again and tells the hospital that she didn't think I would go in on Monday either.
She wants me to see the consultant but his next clinic is 42 weeks, which is fine with me but not for them.
So apparently I can't book another midwife appointment for next week with the community midwifes, as officially I am in inducement territory.
So I am awaiting a phone call from the community midwife as to what we do next. She thinks it will be a meeting with the consultant about inducement which is just a big waste of his time. I know the risks of inducement especially following an C section and unless there is a medical need will not agree to a social inducement based on dates only.
Personally I just want to wait 5 days and see if baby turns up and if not do the expectant monitoring.
Maybe labour will start soon, now the baby is no longer OP...