What do you think about inducing labor?

so today is my due date and I have yet to feel anything. by next week, my doctor's going to talk to me about induction. I don't know if I should do it, or if I should, what method would be the best... Who has experience with this?

 

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You shouldn't consider induction until two weeks past your due date. Your due date is just the mid-point for a four week period in which it's a good healthy time for your baby to come. So, wait at least two weeks past due date and then talk about hospital induction. As hospital induction doesn't always work, isn't very comfortable, and sometimes causes little medical problems for momma and baby, I wouldn't play around with it.

In the meantime, just up the sex a bit , orgasm works! Male cum helps to soften the cervix. Drink plenty of Raspberry leaf tea. Walk a lot. Rest. Enjoy yourself. Soon, you won't be able to...

And I know where you are, as I'm due on Friday....And I've been thinking of a million and one ways to induce this baby since last Thursday...but I'm trying to hang in there...Hang in there with me!

 

man I wish I could do that! but my boyfriend's in jail... guess I'll just have to walk a lot and chill out...

Hanging on!

 

Masturbation works as well.... Orgasm is just uterine contractions...It could stimulate something.

Anyway, off to bed...*belly rubs*

Good belly vibes to you momma! You'll see baby soon!

 

thanks. you too. good night

 

Is this your first baby? The average length of pregnancy for first time Moms is 40 weeks 10 days. Has your OB scheduled you for a biophysical profile? A BPP is simply an ultrasound and some monitoring, which will look at several things.

Fluid level; they will check to see how much fluid is around your baby. If you have plenty of fluid, then your placenta is till functioning just fine.

Placenta grade; they will look at the placenta to check for signs of aging.

Breathing movements; your baby practices "breathing" while still inside. as long as he's still doing this, he's fine.

Baby movements and heat rate; they wil check to see how many times a baby moves in an hour, and they will check to see if baby's heart rate speeds up when he moves.
Each is rated by points, 2 points is perfect, 1 point is good, and 0 points is danger. 8 out of 8 is absolutely perfect, and in my experience, 90% of post dates ladies have an 8/8, signifying the baby is fine.


As long as baby is doing fine, then he's safe to stay inside.
Willow said;

This is a BIG problem with inductions. If the body isn't ready, no amount of medication will work, it will just wear you out and wear the baby out. Simply by having an induction increases your risk of c-section dramatically.

There's always a margin of error when estimating due dates, which is why they call it an ESTIMATED Due date on your charts (EDD). Your EDD can be off by a few days or weeks, increasing the risk of a premature birth. (I've seen it happen, too. One of my doula clients was induced for post-dates and ended up with a c-section and a tiny 4 pounder that spent 3 weeks in the NICU)

Another thing I see happen when a woman's partner is away, as yours is, is that the lady will subconsciously "wait" for him to return before she births. Her body won't go into labour until her "protector" is home and she feels safe. She may also be stressed about him not being there for her, and worry about who's going to take care of her. Talk to your baby and tell him everything is okay, you'll take care of him, and it's safe for him to come out.

You can always refuse an induction, and the OB will try to scare the bejeezus out of you, but if your BPP says everything is fine, there's no reason to worry about it. Listen to your baby and let him tell you if he's okay in there. Talk to him, rub your belly, let him know it's okay and you need him in your arms.

In the meantime, walk, walk, walk, give yourself some lovin' , and let your baby know you love him and your ready to meet him. Try to do some nice things for yourself, go to a movie, get a pedicure, take long naps in the afternoon.

Your baby will come out, they always do!

 

Instead of a induction try a sweep

Try flicking the bean lol

Good luck x

 

Hold out as long as you can. I've had membranes 'stripped'(worse than labor itself), water "broke" and pitocin dripped. Nothing like instant hard labor to get you in the mood.

 

I had induced labor with mysecond, and it went well.

Talk to your Dr. As I am allergic to the epidural they were very careful to start my labor slow and give me plenty of time, upping the dose every hour or so slowly. But when my SIL had her labor induced they were like, no you have to get an epidural because labor will be to hard. They would not work with her at all But if you have a good relationship with your DR, it could go well. I have heard lots of horror stories about induced labor being horrible, but I say it was my easiest labor. However, my body was ready to give birth, labor had been stopped twice before they induced. If you are not ready it can be a very hard time.

Definantly get the BPP first, if the baby is not in distress there is no reason to induce labor. My daughter was suffering from lack of fluid as I had a small tear in the amniotic sac and fluid was leaking slowly but surely. But if this is your first baby, it could just need a bit longer, there is always the possibility that the dates are off. They changed my due date for my last baby three times,lol. and when she was born the DR.'s said she was 6 weeks early up to 12 weeks from one of them, so even they don't really know.

Stay active, eat light and often. Move around, orgasm is good for conditioning the uterus, even though no matter how much sex me and hubby had with the first, he just didn't want to come until he was ready!

 

if there's no medical emergency that means baby needs to come out RIGHT NOW, induction is not justified, IMO. If baby does need to come out RIGHT NOW, why wait for an induction that may or may not work? If it's such an emergency, they'd take you straight to the operating room.


it was the attempted induction that caused my first child's heartrate to drop to ten beats per minute (imagine, if you will, the beeps on the monitor getting farther and farther apart, and the nurse hysterically screaming into the intercom "ANY AVAILABLE DOCTOR TO LABOR ROOM FOUR STAT"). There are major risks with anything and everything. Know those risks good and well before you agree to anything your doctor recommends.

 

i wouldn't do a pitocin drip unless my life or my babe's depended on it.

i've had my membranes stripped twice and had super long labors which i used to think the stripping was the cause but then my natural labor was 12 hours so it throws that theroy out the window lol. i'd do that if i needed too.

orgasma and keeping active will keep your mind off things anyway

 

i was induced with Trey. I didn't have any problems with it. They me diotec (maybe) to soften my cervix and that is every 4 hours but after the second dose I had contractions really bad so they skipped the rest of that and then they started pitocin about quarter til 8 and broke my water. I had trey at 11:20 so it wasn't bad at all. Granted they tried to up my pitocin once and my baby's heart beat dropped a little so they dropped it back down. I thought it went well over all.

 

There is an FDA warning against the use of Cytotec to "ripen" a cervix or induce labor. The drug's manufacturer has warned against off-label use of the drug (it's an ulcer medication) during pregnancy. It is very dangerous and can lead to a ruptured uterus, or even fetal demise. Even the approved induction medications come with risks. Know those risks very well. You cannot give informed consent if you are not fully informed. Some of the side effects of induction people don't associate with having been induced, like jaundice or breastfeeding problems.

 

my first daughter was 14 days overdue and I was induced with pitocen. Ugh. 17 hours of labor and an epidural that was more painful then the labor pains.

My second was 17 days overdue and I used castor oil. She arrived after a 2 hour labor...no drugs.

 

Not that I know of, but he does an ultrasound every time I go see him. Not because anything's wrong. I don't know if it might have something to do with me being on Medicaid. He has a portable ultrasound that's really easy to use so he does it every time.

Yeah, sometimes I can see her "breathing" in there. I'm really small and pretty much all baby so it's really easy to see if I lay right.

Oh, this made me cry when I read it. He's been away since February and no one really knows when he's going to get out, so I've been kind of worried about "How am I going to do this without him?!". I cry every time I get a letter or a phone call from him. I'm sure the baby knows about all this, so that makes sense to me.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I mean, there's no danger of the baby just NOT COMING OUT, so induction just seems kind of silly to me. I've heard there are risks when you have a baby that seems to have stayed in for "too long", but what are the actual facts about the women who've given birth without induction? I'm sure it can't be as dangerous as some would have me believe...

 

that made me gasp in horror. Why is he doing an u/s every visit, especially if nothing is wrong?

Boys and their toys.....

 

wow that's scary

 

isn't castor oil a laxative? was it unpleasant?

 

Is it not good?