Induction or Wait

If they aren’t concerned then I’d probably wait for the next scan and see what happens! I rushed into induction with my first cause I was over being pregnant and I really regret it xx

I would wait too. I was admitted for induction with my first because I was overdue (didn't have one at the end because I went into labor naturally) but I read a lot about it and basically if your body isn't ready things can go downhill - intense contractions without progressing, too painful back to back contractions requiring pain relief, which can lead to less effective pushing and the necessity of instrumental delivery and worst case if that's not successful - emergency c section. Surely, things can be absolutely fine because many women go for induction and everything goes as expected but just know your options so you can make informed choice.

You asked for advice and mine would be to have a section. There are not many positive induction stories and after going through it myself with my first. I’m having a section this time, I went to 42+3 with my first

@Kayleigh yeah, I was explaining this to my partner as we both just sat and looked at eachother like… what do we do 😂😂 he said it’s entirely my choice and hasn’t voiced his opinion as he believes it’s my body so I make the decision on what to do, bless his heart, I’m just bad with decision making. Thank you for the advice, this has been my original thoughts anyway but so many people have said to me just get the birth over and done with etc but I’m just too worried about complications over the positive atm! Sorry if it’s too personal, but can I ask why you regretted it? Xx

@Brittany thank you for your advice, I definitely think I’m going to, the only good thing about induction is that the waters don’t catch you off guard and you know what’s happening. But I don’t think that outweighs the dangers of it and it worries me too much 😂 but yes definitely, I think I will stick to this 😊

@Charlotte crikey! Bless your heart! 42+3?!! Tbh I’ve also thought about that but I’m just a Scrooge and don’t fancy having epidurals and surgeries if I genuinely don’t need them… it’s definitely something I will still consider though as I am very small, so the possibility of him getting stuck is up there 🫣x

I'd definitely avoid induction if you can, your story sounds exactly like my best friend and she's just had every single intervention during labour and ended up with emergency c section anyway, all for extra fluid but baby was fine. I also had to have an induction and I wish I didn't have it. It went pear shaped and I'm doing absolutely everything possible to avoid it this time. Last time ended up in an emergency c section after back to back contractions and then failure to progress so was all for nothing and I ended up with Sepsis which is suspected to have been caused during either the sweeps or the gel induction (I was induced as my waters slightly leaked but I didn't go into labour at 39+8, had her on due date in the end) Sorry if that's all a bit heavy but just as you asked for opinions, I feel so strongly about it and the whole thing makes me sad still that I just have to share whenever someone asks as I ignored the potential risks thinking "ah that'll be worst case scenario" but it happened to me x

Yeah ofcourse!! I think this bit of pregnancy is the worst because you’re just waiting for them to come and you’re so uncomfy but it’s the last few weeks for you to just chill, do some you things before baby comes and try to enjoy the last couple of weeks being pregnant! I was induced at 40+1 because he was measuring “big” and I wanted to avoid C-section but I was also really uncomfy so just wanted baby out of me and my body was no where near ready for labour as I asked for sweeps beforehand to try and help labour come naturally. I ended up with a prolapsed cord due to the balloon method which needed an emergency section and the whole thing was just very traumatic. He was only 7lb13 when he was born so not as big as what the scan was saying xx

I went for an induction with my first at 37.5weeks for different reasons and wouldn’t recommend it unless you really need it.