Aug 19

Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.

“You Aren’t Going To Go Into Labor Without Help.”

“You aren’t going to go into labor without help.” – OB to overdue mother.

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Kasondra had this to say, Aug 19, 2011 @ 2:41 pm (Quote)

Okay then…I’ll go home, walk around the block and then have sex with my husband. KThxBai

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Kit Reply:
August 19th, 2011 at 4:59 pm Kit(Quote)

Don’t forget the curry!

I guess that could be combined with the husband sex though. Depending on how well you multi-task.

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first time mommy had this to say, Aug 19, 2011 @ 2:58 pm (Quote)

All right. So can you please give my husband and I some privacy

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Sheva Reply:
August 19th, 2011 at 4:11 pm Sheva(Quote)

*Like*

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Amber had this to say, Aug 19, 2011 @ 3:09 pm (Quote)

Wow! You mean I could just stay pregnant FOREVER?! Would that get me into the Guinness Book of World Records?!

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Louisa Reply:
August 19th, 2011 at 3:14 pm Louisa(Quote)

My thoughts exactly, I am now o/d 3 days by my dates & 10 days by the scan dates and I just keep cancelling the appts they keep setting up to discuss induction or elective c/s.

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Sheva Reply:
August 19th, 2011 at 4:11 pm Sheva(Quote)

Wow, you’re brave! I always tell people not to show up to scheduled inductions, but you’re only the second person I know who actually did it! Way to go! And good luck at your birth!

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Louisa Reply:
August 19th, 2011 at 10:47 pm Louisa(Quote)

so much easier to do with you turn off your phone I can tell you. LOL, and also, one of my supportive, wonderful doula/girlfriends sent me this post.

http://www.westsidedoula.com/preg-tool-box/induction/letter2you

I went 41+3 with my first & ended in a c/s so not going down that road again. And I also have it documented and signed that I decline VE’s, cannula, & monitoring except with a doppler and all that would go out the window if I consented to an induction. I just told them that repeat c/s & induction just wasn’t an option while I was healthy, baby was healthy & all was well with the world and I go to my doctor ever 2nd day to check heartrate, BP & pee into a cup and “while they strongly advice against not discussing options and putting plans in place they have to respect my wishes and my rights of refusal”.
P.S. I did this over the phone, DO NOT WALK INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR ANY REASON, EVEN TO DECLINE PROCEEDURES!!
Thanks for the well wishes. HBAC here I come.

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Sarah Dorrance-Minch Reply:
August 20th, 2011 at 1:02 pm Sarah Dorrance-Minch(Quote)

Ditto that! (Says the mom who’s had two HBACs). You’ll do great. Best of luck.

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nicki Reply:
August 19th, 2011 at 6:55 pm nicki(Quote)

That’s awesome.

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Elizabeth Belden Handler Reply:
August 20th, 2011 at 6:38 pm Elizabeth Belden Handler(Quote)

My earliest child was born 9 days past my “due” date. My latest child was 22 days late. All of my kids had great APGAR scores at birth. You will go into labor on your own, I promise.

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K Reply:
August 21st, 2011 at 9:09 pm K(Quote)

Oh yeah, everyone goes into labor eventually, just not necessarily with a living baby. That’s not the dead baby card, just a fact.

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Samantha had this to say, Aug 19, 2011 @ 3:32 pm (Quote)

I know, my sweet baby needs to start making the right balance of hormones that tells my body that it is all ready and time to move.

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Selia had this to say, Aug 19, 2011 @ 3:32 pm (Quote)

Help. Help from mother nature? Help from the baby releasing signals it is ready to come? I can go with that doc. Oh, help from big pharma? No thanks. Not unless it becomes medically necessary.

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Kristin had this to say, Aug 19, 2011 @ 4:18 pm (Quote)

Are you going to shrink yourself and a submarine down and go inside to knock on my baby’s head and say, “Time to come out now.” No?
Then just things happen as they happen.

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first time mommy Reply:
August 19th, 2011 at 4:33 pm first time mommy(Quote)

LOL! That made me think of the Magic School Bus where they were always shrinking down/turning into random objects and going the weirdest places!

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Sarah Dorrance-Minch Reply:
August 20th, 2011 at 1:01 pm Sarah Dorrance-Minch(Quote)

We all birth in a yellow submarine… a yellow submarine… a yellow submarine…

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Laura had this to say, Aug 19, 2011 @ 8:29 pm (Quote)

Care to make a bet, just to make things more interesting, doctor!?

There’s a reason there’s a Discovery Channel documentary on the world’s longest pregnant woman… it’s because IT DOESN’T NORMALLY HAPPEN.

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Louisa had this to say, Aug 19, 2011 @ 10:54 pm (Quote)

my doula emailed me this earlier today and thought you might be interested in it doc!!

http://www.westsidedoula.com/preg-tool-box/induction/letter2you

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chelsea Reply:
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:45 pm chelsea(Quote)

OHHH@!!!! That’s my letter! Yeah! I hate the pressure to induce. Especially for vague psychic predictions about what will and won’t happen to a woman’s body.

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Nick had this to say, Aug 20, 2011 @ 12:46 am (Quote)

That letter about induction is so lovely. Yes baby will come. Just be patient.

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Sarah Dorrance-Minch had this to say, Aug 20, 2011 @ 1:00 pm (Quote)

AN OBSTETRICIAN? HELPING A LABOURING MOTHER? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA…

Oh, my, that’s rich. I think I may rupture an organ if I laugh any harder.

Doctors don’t help labouring women. They order drugs to start/manage labour, more drugs to kill the pain of prematurely induced labour, and then continue to do work in their offices seeing patients while the nurses in the hospital babysit the bleeping monitor that represents the labouring mother, who has been left more or less to her own devices. Fifty percent of the time, this winds up in abdominal surgery, but that’s all right, it’s just another way to give birth, it saves the pelvic floor, and all that matters is a healthy baby. Oh, and a big fat fee for the surgeon.

Midwives and doulas help labouring mothers – although they generally wait until labour has started on its own to do so. Doctors, almost never.

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