The answer to your OB saying "there's no reason to continue this pregnancy any further" is that YOUR body and YOUR baby are continuing the pregnancy for a reason, and you don't want to artificially end it unless there's a compelling medical reason. Babies are born when they're ready to be born, barring any complication, I'm guessing your body is holding the baby because it KNOWS that now is not a good time. I have seen it happen so many times when mom is sick or stressed and her body will STOP pre-labor until the illness or stress go away.
Your pregnancy is still healthy, baby is healthy, b/p is good, heart rate is good, fluid level is good...no need to induce. Period. Even if you didn't have the added stress of family issues and your daughter's illness, there's no reason to induce.
And what do they mean they "can't get you another appt if you refuse?" Women go into labor all hours of the day/night, so if you refuse the induction on Friday and then go into labor Sunday wee hours of the morning, for example, they'd HAVE to be available then. So that excuse doesn't make any sense at all. And a regular office appt takes like 10 minutes, long enough to pee in a cup, check blood pressure, listen to heart rate, and that's it. If they want you to have more NSTs or BPPs, then that's scheduled separately. If they don't have any available appts for that, they MAKE an appt available. After all, what would they do if someone else suddenly had a problem and needed an urgent NST or BPP? They'd squeeze them in somehow.
Basically every reason you were given to induce is a load of bull.
And I'm not even sure why the ped is getting you all worked up about your daughter having the flu. It's JUST the flu!! Even if it's H1N1, it's JUST a virus, and she so far seems to be handling it just fine. She's sick, yes, but she's not showing signs of secondary infections, she's not in the hospital dehydrated, etc. Basically she has a high fever and feels crummy, but that's her body doing what it needs to do to fight this off.
If you were to get sick, then your body would do what it needs to do, too. And most likely, your baby would be just fine in your uterus. If for some reason the baby shows signs of distress while you're sick (less movement maybe) then that can be handled as needed (meds for you, IV fluids for you, perhaps last resort would be delivery of the baby in an extreme case). However, your daughter has been sick long enough that if you were going to get it, you probably would be showing signs by now. There are things you can do to decrease your chances of getting sick, or at least of getting badly sick. Start researching natural flu remedies now and consider starting some of them (high dose Vit C, garlic, there's many others).
Your pregnancy is still healthy, baby is healthy, b/p is good, heart rate is good, fluid level is good...no need to induce. Period. Even if you didn't have the added stress of family issues and your daughter's illness, there's no reason to induce.
And what do they mean they "can't get you another appt if you refuse?" Women go into labor all hours of the day/night, so if you refuse the induction on Friday and then go into labor Sunday wee hours of the morning, for example, they'd HAVE to be available then. So that excuse doesn't make any sense at all. And a regular office appt takes like 10 minutes, long enough to pee in a cup, check blood pressure, listen to heart rate, and that's it. If they want you to have more NSTs or BPPs, then that's scheduled separately. If they don't have any available appts for that, they MAKE an appt available. After all, what would they do if someone else suddenly had a problem and needed an urgent NST or BPP? They'd squeeze them in somehow.
Basically every reason you were given to induce is a load of bull.
And I'm not even sure why the ped is getting you all worked up about your daughter having the flu. It's JUST the flu!! Even if it's H1N1, it's JUST a virus, and she so far seems to be handling it just fine. She's sick, yes, but she's not showing signs of secondary infections, she's not in the hospital dehydrated, etc. Basically she has a high fever and feels crummy, but that's her body doing what it needs to do to fight this off.
If you were to get sick, then your body would do what it needs to do, too. And most likely, your baby would be just fine in your uterus. If for some reason the baby shows signs of distress while you're sick (less movement maybe) then that can be handled as needed (meds for you, IV fluids for you, perhaps last resort would be delivery of the baby in an extreme case). However, your daughter has been sick long enough that if you were going to get it, you probably would be showing signs by now. There are things you can do to decrease your chances of getting sick, or at least of getting badly sick. Start researching natural flu remedies now and consider starting some of them (high dose Vit C, garlic, there's many others).
And, I would never want to expose a newborn to the flu either.
