Birth

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Hi

Looking for a bit of help if possible,
I am 2 weeks away from my due date, I am a first time mum who's having a baby girl and has been breech for most of my pregnancy (prepared myself that I would need a c section) Until the other day when I had a scan and she had turned head down and then my Since then I have had mixed feelings as my midwife wants me to be induced now. I think I would have rather have had a c section as I've heard loads of horrible stories about being induced and I really don't want to go overdue!

Just looking for a bit of advice really please

They won't come to your house and nab you. You can agree to induction on due date then change your mind.

When you stop to think about it, it's mad that we have one single date and before that a baby is not late but after it, they're late. Biology doesn't really work like that.

You need to ask questions about what the actual risk is and make decisions that suit you. I think they schedule inductions sometimes just to manage workflow, tbh.

I was induced with my daughter. I was offered induction at 37 weeks because she was big but I decided to hold off, as I was desperate for it to happen naturally. However, I then developed hypertension at 40+3 and after a couple of days of monitoring, she still wasn't coming, and I had to be induced. The experience was as challenging as any labour would be, but it was fine. I was a bit gutted not to be able to use water - my blood pressure being high meant I had to be constantly monitored, and apparently the water would have been a risk for me - but I made peace with it, as it was what it was and sometimes we do have to let go of our birth plans and go with the flow. I had a prostaglandin pessary which started things very mildly, but they had to give me a second one. After about 12 hours from arriving at hospital, I was ready to be taken through to the labour ward. From there, things kept going at a good pace, but in the end baby was back to back and I had to have rotational forceps to deliver her. The whole experience from arriving at hospital to baby being born was less than 24 hours, and although she is my only birth so far, I found the whole thing manageable and not frightfully painful, like you sometimes hear inductions are. I managed right through with gas and air. At first I was really disappointed to be having an induction and not the natural birth I was hoping for, but in the end it didn't matter. She arrived safely and that's the important thing. Good luck for baby's arrival ❤️

I've wrote down questions!
Sometimes it's best to ask people that have experienced being induced and c sections and what's best for me and baby

You might want to check out the recent thread Elective section vs Induction

Thank you! Xx