Scheduled Inductions - your experiences??

[lulugirl]

Women don't need to go to medical school in order to form an educated opinion about the type of care and services they want to receive. They also don't need to blindly trust the judgement of another human being just because they DID go to medical school.

..and your educated opinion was to "run far, far away" from her OB....um okay

 

[mommasita]

But SCHEDULING a C-section is just that - working around a shedule. Is it not?

I can see not inducting labor to have the first child of the New Year or to have a baby on 7/7/7, however if I wanted my OB to deliver my child and not some stranger i've never met before, I don't see a problem with that.

To me, that's reason enough. I had 3 miscarriages and was not going to leave myself in the hands of someone I don't know.

I guess though to some of you, that's not a "medical" reason though, so my doctor must be terrible in your eyes.

Doesn't seem like you read everything I posted. Or you did, and don't get what I meant.

I never said that a doctor would be terrible in my eyes, just one I would want to see. That is my opinion. The only thing I said was that IMHO a medical reason should be the only one. I believe that is shared my many, as is yours.

You can have your opinion, and we don't have to agree, but please, read the whole posting, before answering with something that I did not even say, nor mention. I am 37 not 7.

Sorry to hear about your 3 miscarriages, I really am...We all have some heavy baggage I am sure, and that sways our thinking..

Have a good day.

 

[mommasita]

I would discuss all the pros and cons with my doctor and go on his advice rather than a bunch of women on a message board with no medical degree....

*disclaimer* - this was NOT posted to insult the OP at all, but it gets tiresome to hear how HORRIBLE doctors must be for exercising their medical opinions...

I agree with you here...Totally.

 

[MareQ]

I had schedule to be induced 10 days before my due date, non medical reasons. But we ended up inducing 9 days early because my blood pressure shot way up, I was having rapid heart beat and dizzy spells. I thought induction was the best thing ever. They put me on pictocin and broke my water around 6:30 am. DD was born before 11:00 am. It would have been sooner, but because I "failed" some test, I had to have that extra "medicine" in my system 4 hours before I gave birth (sorry, I don't remember exactly what that was). She was very healthy at 7 lbs. 10 ozs. and 21 inches long. I'm glad I induced early. I would not have wanted her to get a lot bigger. It was such an easy delivery. I will probably have a scheduled induction with my future children.

Group B Strep?

 

[katerkat]

I would discuss all the pros and cons with my doctor and go on his advice rather than a bunch of women on a message board with no medical degree....

Eh, I posted the same topic right before my induction - not to have y'all make the decision, but to get stories and ideas from women who had actually been there. I didn't know anyone who had had an induction that I could talk to.

I ended up with a scheduled in induction 11 days early. (And I charted and knew his due date.) I wouldn't do it again if it wasn't medically necessary - the Pitocin hurt like HELL and I could walk around because they wanted me hooked to all sorts of monitors since we weren't doing it the "normal" way. Plus, they wouldn't let me eat, which I know all hospitals do, but if I had a normal labor, I wouldn't have been at the hospital so early and spent so much time there, not eating.

My induction was part convenience, part medical. My doctor was going out of town on Thursday for a long weekend, and I had a nasty little thing called PUPPPs and personally, I couldn't handle it anymore. So we did the induction before she left. I ended up in early labor the day before, entering the hospital at 2 cms dilated and 100% effaced, so I'm pretty sure he would have been born within a day without intervention. The induction took about 13 hours, start to finish.

 

[MareQ]

..and your educated opinion was to "run far, far away" from her OB....um okay

My educated opinion was to run far far away from an OB that would consider doing a non medical induction.

 

[Hillbeans]

Doesn't seem like you read everything I posted. Or you did, and don't get what I meant.

I never said that a doctor would be terrible in my eyes, just one I would want to see. That is my opinion. The only thing I said was that IMHO a medical reason should be the only one. I believe that is shared my many, as is yours.

You can have your opinion, and we don't have to agree, but please, read the whole posting, before answering with something that I did not even say, nor mention. I am 37 not 7.

Sorry to hear about your 3 miscarriages, I really am...We all have some heavy baggage I am sure, and that sways our thinking..

Have a good day.

I was quoting you, however in my response I was saying that "many of you must think"....I was not talking to you like you were 7 and if you felt that way i'm sorry, but that's not what I meant.

I was giving an example of a "non-medical" reason to which I had an induction which I think was a pretty good reason. If some of you don't think so, then that's your opinion.

I'm done with this thread. OP- good luck to you.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Eh, I posted the same topic right before my induction - not to have y'all make the decision, but to get stories and ideas from women who had actually been there. I didn't know anyone who had had an induction that I could talk to.

I totally understand that and see where you are coming from...however...I posted what I did because these threads can NEVER stay civil. This is just one of the many "Mommy wars" threads where "I am a better mother because I did this rather than that...."

 

[katerkat]

I totally understand that and see where you are coming from...however...I posted what I did because these threads can NEVER stay civil. This is just one of the many "Mommy wars" threads where "I am a better mother because I did this rather than that...."

True....mine stayed civil, but I think that was because I threatened to show pictures of the rash.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

My educated opinion was to run far far away from an OB that would consider doing a non medical induction.

Okay....

And what part of your education suggests leaving a practice a few weeks before you are due just b/c a doc would "hear you out" and consider a non-medically required option?

Consideration isn't a mandate to have it done.

I would be more concerned with OB's with mandates for all his/her patients without consideration to each individual patient's health and needs (They WILL use stirrups, they WILL do an episiotomy, they will really really really urge you to use an epidural so they don't have to put up with your screaming......).

Considering to do something isn't the same thing--and any doctor or midwife worth their license will listen objectively to their patient and decide if it is a good choice or a poor choice for that patient.




You do know that epidurals, stirrups, and episiotomies are not REQUIREMENTS to a safe a delivery for all moms--yet all three are often used even if it isn't medically required...but rather...for the convenience of the doctor and/or mom.***

***and those who choose this route--it is purely your option!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

True....mine stayed civil, but I think that was because I threatened to show pictures of the rash.

I had a friend with that rash.

I have the mommy itchies now--but no rash yet.

If I get the rash..I am stalking L&D until they hook me up with something to get the party rolling.

 

[MareQ]

I totally understand that and see where you are coming from...however...I posted what I did because these threads can NEVER stay civil. This is just one of the many "Mommy wars" threads where "I am a better mother because I did this rather than that...."

I don't think it's leading to mommy bashing - at least I didn't see that.

I can see it leading to an OB bashing though....

My issues do NOT lie with mothers that want elective inductions because they cannot do this if a Doctor doesn't allow it.

 

[MareQ]

I have the mommy itchies now--but no rash yet.

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Nothing worse than the itchies. I had it VERY BADLY with my first two - both were March babies so I think the winter weather contributed to it. I would scratch so much that I would make myself bleed.

It was more annoying than the end of pregnancy discomfort for me.

 

[Hillbeans]

I'm back - to apologize.

I guess i'm just sensitive to this subject but I shouldn't take it so personally.

For the record, I also bottlefed, use disposable diapers, and have both kids at the babysitter while I work - so i'm used to feeling mom guilt - just didn't know I should feel bad about this. The thing is though that I don't feel bad about it and would do it again in a heartbeat, but at least i'll try not take these conversations personally.

Have a great day ladies.

PS - Lisa - if you think you're itchy now, wait until (if) you have an Epidural. You will be itchy all over and I suggest bringing along a favorite antihistimine or something because my hospital couldn't find me one Benadryl and I laugh watching the baby video of me at the hospital 30 minutes after giving birth and i'm scratching myself all over asking the staff for a benadryl - it's funny now to watch LOL

 

[honeymom]

They thought my baby was getting too big, so they scheduled me for an induction on Sunday at 5PM. Well, Sunday at 3:30PM my water broke! Things went a little quicker than expected. They started my labor and it only took 5 hours.

Our son did manage to get the umbilical cord wrapped twice around his neck and to tie a knot in it. But, that was less likely due to the induction, more likely due to my water breaking. He wound up being okay, but it was a little tense when he was first delivered.

 

[Mickeyluver37]

Baby #2 is due on April 12.

For a bunch of reasons, and I will admit, none of them medically indicated, I am seriously considering a scheduled induction this time around. I know what the risks are, which is why I am not taking this lightly. I am trying to decide if I am willing to take those risks or not. I was always sort of "against" scheduled inductions that were not done for any medical reason before now - if you had told me before that I would even be considering this I would have never believed you!

I am interested in hearing any scheduled induction stories (medically indicated or not, I guess, because I am interested in hearing the outcomes.) How far in advance of your due date did you induce, what were the "conditions" of your body like at the time - did you wind up having a c-section? That kind of stuff.

Of course, if this baby does what DD did and arrives at 38 weeks, then I guess all of this worrying will be for nothing....

I really appreciate your input.

I was induced with both kids at 39w2d. Considered full term, and had some pre-toxemia issues (had gained 60+ lbs.,was pretty swollen), but honestly more for convenience. For the second one, dh was facing deployment in mere days, and I really didn't want him to miss the birth. Pitocin is awful, awful, awful, and my labor didn't go nearly as fast as I had hoped. Each kid took 24-30 hours to come out. With dd (#1) even when I was 10cm, she still wasn't "engaged" and they ended up using the vacuum. Honestly, I've mentioned to dh several times that if we ever had a third, I'd like to do it "right" this time, as I feel as though I shouldn't have been induced either time. Luckily, I didn't need a c-section either time, but I was in so much pain, I was begging for one!

I think a lot of why I did it is because I was young and naive, and also knowing what I know now about cycle length, conception, and due dates, I was probably a week less pregnant than I thought- both times.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I'm back - to apologize.

I guess i'm just sensitive to this subject but I shouldn't take it so personally.

For the record, I also bottlefed, use disposable diapers, and have both kids at the babysitter while I work - so i'm used to feeling mom guilt - just didn't know I should feel bad about this. The thing is though that I don't feel bad about it and would do it again in a heartbeat, but at least i'll try not take these conversations personally.

Have a great day ladies.

PS - Lisa - if you think you're itchy now, wait until (if) you have an Epidural. You will be itchy all over and I suggest bringing along a favorite antihistimine or something because my hospital couldn't find me one Benadryl and I laugh watching the baby video of me at the hospital 30 minutes after giving birth and i'm scratching myself all over asking the staff for a benadryl - it's funny now to watch LOL

Hah--after my last epi experience..I am soooo not getting one!!! I was itchy, BP drop started dry heaving (empty tummy otherwise it would have been projectile vomit) and the shakes. Then the 10 hour paralysis AFTER all was said and done..I just did not appreciate. (some hospital inaction that occurred that was undesirable I also wish to avoid and would be TMI to post)

I had to use that special--cream they give to nursing moms for their nursing parts...as that was all they had to help with all the raw skin I had rubbed off on my face.

 

[lil mermaid]

I would discuss all the pros and cons with my doctor and go on his advice rather than a bunch of women on a message board with no medical degree....

*disclaimer* - this was NOT posted to insult the OP at all, but it gets tiresome to hear how HORRIBLE doctors must be for exercising their medical opinions...

I am not asking for "advice" on this thread. If you read my OP, I was simply asking to hear others experiences.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I am not asking for "advice" on this thread. If you read my OP, I was simply asking to hear others experiences.

I don't think she meant anything towards you.

Just the experience how threads like this evolve and as you have seen...you have had several who said DON'T DO IT and any good doctor wouldn't let you.

She basically was coming to your defense by implying it is your choice and if it is something you and your doctor are comfortable with..then do not worry about some of the posts here. It think she quoted the one who said to run away from your doc if they even just "considered" it.

Best wishes! The longer you can hold out..the better off you might be...but the choice is between you and your doctor.

It would be very important to know the policy of your OB as to what happens if the induction is not working...i.e. can they just say nevermind and send you home...or are you there until you deliver regardless of how you deliver.

 

[Julia M]

For DD#2, she was induced on my due date. I am 5'3", I had only gained about 35 pounds (not like the 70 I gained for DD#1), but for some reason I just could not breath. I couldn't sleep, I was crying almost all the time, I was just miserable. My Ob told me if she didn't come before my due date, he would induce me on my due date. I went in at 10:30 am and she was born by 7:27 pm. I pushed for 20 minutes. She was a really good baby, never had a problem with nursing and she was an awesome sleeper. She was ready and so was I.

I was also induced on my due date also for my third child. I had been having terrible back pain and just couldn't stnd it. My MD told me at 39 weeks if I hadn't had the baby at 40 weeks he'd induce me. No baby, so I was induced. Ironically, by that time the pain wasn't as bad, so I could have waited, but since all the plans were made we went ahead.

I was also induced for first child, because mty water broke at 37 weeks, and I didn't go into labor naturally.

As for the strength of contractions.....pitocin induced contarctions aren't necessarily stronger than natural ones. Having had babies both ways, I can attest to that!!

Julia