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Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Birth choices

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queenie273646 · 07/07/2021 09:41

I'm 24 weeks with my second and I'm starting to think about labour, my first my waters went didn't progress ended up on the drip and epidural c section was about to happen then all of sudden she was ready to pop out and came out an hour before the c section. This time round im not sure wether I want a an induction or wait it out and go in the birthing centre I know you can't plan but I want some sort of idea in my head , because we are ivf if I want an induction I can have one due date onwards im seeing my consultant at 36 weeks she referred me back to midwife care at the start because I'm still low risk ( age 30 and male factor for the ivf) but said she would get me in to give baby a check and see what birthing options I wanted if I wanted to be induced etc. With my first I didn't get the birth I wanted but the staff were lovely and it was a breeze with the epidural 😅 my reasons for even thinking about induction are that my husband has his own company which we both work for I work from home doing the admin but he works up Aberdeen mon -fri sometimes he stays for 10-11 days depending on if the work is completed or not so would be easier to plan time for him to be home and also childcare , is induction really that bad ? Or should I be brave and try and hold out for a more natural birth (still with lots of gas and air) in the birthing centre ?

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queenie273646 · 07/07/2021 09:43

Forgot to add I also had marginal placenta prévia at 20 week scan so if that doesn't move it'll be a c section but I'm hoping for the best on that one

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Ava50x · 07/07/2021 10:42

Never had an induction so can't tell you about that but I have had 3 natural births in the birth centre and they were lovely.
It really depends on what you want!

queenie273646 · 07/07/2021 13:16

@Ava50x thank you! I'm really torn I'd love the birthing centre but I also know you can't plan these things , did you use the pool and did you find it helped with the pain ?

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