MSE Parents Club Part 8

BeenieCat

Tbh after my sister had 2 prems (32 & then 30 wks) i always said i wouldn't dream of complaining about going overdue, cos i was at least just grateful for not going through the whole scbu thing. I think if it wasn't so close to Xmas she could happily stay in there but now my worry is about being induced. If that happens it's gonna ruin the whole experience for me. I've had a textbook pregnancy so to get induced after me being convinced i'd go earlyish i'd be gutted

BeenieCat

Csh i know, i'm only 3 days over but i just don't 'feel' like i'm about to have a baby at all, i don't feel huge, i don't feel anything I obv feel baby moving, tho not as much as i used to but enough i would say. I feel tired and that's all

searching_me

ManOnTheMoon wrote: »

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i'll try but i aint promising :rotfl:x

money_maker_3

aww beenie !! I was induced with Jas at term + 10 and its really not that bad !! Just try not to think about it untill or IF the time comes

csh_2

BeenieCat wrote: »

Tbh after my sister had 2 prems (32 & then 30 wks) i always said i wouldn't dream of complaining about going overdue, cos i was at least just grateful for not going trough the whole scbu thing. I think if it wasn't so close to Xmas she could happily stay in there but now my worry is about being induced. If that happens it's gonna ruin the whole experience for me. I've had a textbook pregnancy so to get induced after me being convinced i'd go earlyish i'd be gutted

DD was induced at 38wks cos of Eclampsia, I was convinced I'd get it agin and the wee man would be early! I was heartbroken to go T+14!!!!!
I went into natural labour 16hrs before I was due to be induced so even making the appointment doesn't mean you'll keep it lol
Only my opinion, but I would never refuse induction. I couldn't cope with anything going wrong inside after refusing when the baby would have been safe out.

ETA: I never felt like anything was going to happen, right to the end.

money_maker_3

SM, I was just checking back there, it took 6 days for Glams fairy post to arrive, royal mail dont seem to like my post !! Hope you get it soon

got-it-spend-it

BeenieCat wrote: »

Tbh after my sister had 2 prems (32 & then 30 wks) i always said i wouldn't dream of complaining about going overdue, cos i was at least just grateful for not going through the whole scbu thing. I think if it wasn't so close to Xmas she could happily stay in there but now my worry is about being induced. If that happens it's gonna ruin the whole experience for me. I've had a textbook pregnancy so to get induced after me being convinced i'd go earlyish i'd be gutted

I know it's easy to say, but as csh said there is no point worrying yourself about it yet. You've got 11 days for things to kick off, and from what you've said about your labour with DS it could all happen pretty quickly for you.

Tbh when it came to it I was desperate for them to induce as I just wanted to meet my baby, and he was worth every single second of it!

searching_me

money_maker wrote: »

SM, I was just checking back there, it took 6 days for Glams fairy post to arrive, royal mail dont seem to like my post !! Hope you get it soon

im sure it'll turn up in the next day or 2 x

got-it-spend-it

csh wrote: »

DD was induced at 38wks cos of Eclampsia, I was convinced I'd get it agin and the wee man would be early! I was heartbroken to go T+14!!!!!
I went into natural labour 16hrs before I was due to be induced so even making the appointment doesn't mean you'll keep it lol
Only my opinion, but I would never refuse induction. I couldn't cope with anything going wrong inside after refusing when the baby would have been safe out.

ETA: I never felt like anything was going to happen, right to the end.

I totally agree with this and would be the same, but I appreciate that everyone has to do what is right for them at the time.

Sami_Bee

Beenie this was posted on the ARM group recently

Here is a post from our forum that might be of interest:

The NICE guidelines will tell you that the risk is 1 in 1000 at 40 weeks and
will go up to 3 in 1000 at 42 weeks. These guidelines are based on seven
babies that died.

Of those 7 ...
- 2 died in the 1960's
- 1 baby had meconium aspiration following refusal of induction of labour by
its mother after a positive amnioscopy
- 1 baby had pneumonia
- 1 had meconium aspiration at 43+3 weeks which means nothing at 41 or 42
weeks
- 1 was 2.6 grams and the mother had no antenatal care
- 1 was a placental abruption which could happen any time.

Reference for this is Routine induction of labour at 41 weeks gestation:
nonsensus consensus, Menticoglou and Hall British Journal Obstetric &
Gynecology 2002

http://www.lamaze.org/Research/WhenResearc...73/Default.aspx

In more recent larger randomized studies, there is no difference at all in
mortality and morbidity between induction and monitored groups of women
going past 41 weeks. The AIMS booklet on induction is full of references.

It's very important to remember that 40 weeks is an arbitrary date. It came
about by mistake a hundred years ago. It is in no way correlated to average
or optimum gestation in human beings.

Naegle devised a method for calculating 10 lunar months, which was known to
be the average length of pregnancy. His calculations assume that lunar
months are 28 days, but they're not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegele's_rule

The average length of gestation for a first pregnancy is more than 41 weeks.
The WHO definition of normal term is 37 to 42 weeks, 'due date' has no real
meaning.