Should I Just Schedule a C Section? - Page 3

[bri276]

another successful induction chiming in. labor is good for your baby EVEN if it does end in c-section. and you do not have to agree to a c-section for "failure to progress". You do not have to agree to have your waters broken, or any other unnecessary procedures. You can try the induction, and, if no dilation is happening, you can say "I'm leaving" and go home and wait for natural labor or try another day. You are in control. Not the hospital, and not the doctor. If you don't want this induction, you don't have to get it. I think that it's very untrue that your md will lose privileges at the hospital for a PATIENT refusing an induction. Do what you want and what feels right to you but don't give up on a vaginal birth because of someone else's rules or fear.

[leerypolyp]

Well, it's not she's saying that the doctor loses privileges for one patient refusing an induction, it's that the doctor then won't be able to attend the patient in the capacity as her doctor. And if the doctor DID try to do that, she could lose privileges. Which is pretty common, and yes, I would believe that, since it's policy a lot of places for non-OB doctors and midwives.

I went to 42 weeks, 1 day, and here's what we did as a "home induction" so that I wouldn't need to transfer care (and lose a chance at homebirth) from my midwives:

-Castor oil (this was the THIRD TIME -- it is worth trying again! I took a lot, 4 ounces(!), very early in the morning)
-amniotomy once the castor oil started causing ctx (that was what really got things going)
-baby was definitely on the far side of well-done! This was NOT a case of baby just needing to stay in longer.
-btw I never had any ctx without the castor oil. First couple times, it gave me prodromal labor but that was it.
-pm if you want more details.

It's more interventive than just waiting, of course, but it was preferable to the pitocin route for me. Sometimes a small intervention can save you a larger one down the road.

Someone upthread did make a good point, though -- your doctor usually spends very little time with you in labor. Unless you feel like she'll be the lone guardian of your birthing integrity, it might not be the end of the world to give yourself a few more days. But you have options -- whether to induce or not to, what methods to use for induction, etc.

[turtlewomyn]

Not in your due date, but your title caught my eye.

I scheduled a c-section because I was told my baby was too big and I regret it all the time (I wasn't even offered an induction).

I had a friend who was diagnosed with pre-E at 38 weeks. No dilation, no effacement, nothing. She was induced, used her hypnobirthing, had a doula, and had a no-pain med vaginal birth.

There are decent inductions out there.