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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“…It’s Past Your Due Date So You Must Be Excited To Be Induced Soon!”
“Well, it’s past your due date so you must be excited to be induced soon!” – L&D Nurse to mother who was at the hospital to have an appointment with her midwife.
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What makes you think that every woman wants an induction?
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Mama Wrench Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 2:46 pm (Quote)
The fact that most women do, since most OBs never inform those women of the risks of preterm birth associated “at-term” induction.
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Melissa Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 9:26 pm (Quote)
Of the (decidedly non-crunchy) women I know, I can think of only two who BEGGED to be induced, and several who really, really wanted to go “natural” and not be induced, “…but my doctor says I HAVE to….”
Not much of a poll, granted, but still.
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Mama Wrench Reply:
December 5th, 2011 at 1:55 am (Quote)
Of my friends who’ve been pregnant at around the same time as me, all of us ended up with c-sections and I’m the only one trying again for a natural birth. One of them requested induction at her due date because she was uncomfortable, the rest scheduled routine repeat c-section.
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This comment sounds clueless rather than mean, and to be honest, I’d take that any day. You can educate clueless. If the nurse has never met a woman who didn’t want to be induced, this would be an opportune moment to tell her why inducing everyone who’s hit 39 weeks is a bad idea.
She might just be curious enough to do some research on her own (to prove you wrong in her own head) and then realize something isn’t right in the state of the birthing system… And a nurse who’s now leery of inductions might become leery of other things. At the very least, she might stop planting the seed of “easy quick delivery on a day you choose!” in every mother’s head.
Like I said, this doesn’t sound so bad compared to the power-trippers and the liars we’ve heard from recently.
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Stephanie had this to say,
Dec 4, 2011 @ 5:45 pm (Quote)
I told people before I educated myself on induction. When I started I just knew I didn’t want an epidural. Plus this will be my moms first grandchild so she’s been telling everyone. But when they ask I just say I’m not inducing. There’s no need. Some people want to argue but I just tell them the baby is fine and I’m fine and my dr doesn’t want to induce and that’s all there is to it. My body my birth.
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This was the first pregnancy where no one asked about me being induced! It was awesome 
I still had people asking if I’d had the baby on a daily basis, but at least no one asked “Why are they letting you go so long?” or any other insulting things. Hooray!
(she was born at 41+4)
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Im two weeks past due and everyone keeps asking me when I’m going to induce (everyone except my ob). So annoying. I everything is fine with me and the baby then why would I induce?
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EricaDouglas Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 2:36 pm EricaDouglas(Quote)
That’s why I refused to tell anyone my due date! Just said the baby would be here ny the end of the month, when I would be 43 weeks. I figured the baby would almost definitely arrive by then. My ob said we wouldn’t even discuss induction til … which is why Baby decided to arrive at exactly 40 weeks.
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Eilee Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 4:48 pm Eilee(Quote)
I think my response to this (if it comes up) will have to be, “Whenever baby decides to induce labor on his/her own!”
Glad all is going well for you and baby!
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Paula Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 5:01 pm Paula(Quote)
Me, too! I keep telling people February. If I’m still pregnant in March, then you can feel sorry for me. My EDD is my husband’s bday, which is really cool, but no one really needs to know what “day” he’s supposed to arrive. He can come when he’s good and ready, which I suspect, will be in February, either 2 weeks before or after his EDD.
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Mama Wrench Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 5:30 pm Mama Wrench(Quote)
I just say I’m due in January. Since my son was premature I REALLY try to avoid the “so are you ready to be done?” questions — as though my only goal is to get the baby out ASAP! No… I want him to stay IN as long as possible, and the constant assumptions that I want him to come out before he might be ready are really hurtful.
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Lisa Reply:
December 5th, 2011 at 1:47 pm Lisa(Quote)
Ditto – having had a premature baby, I’ll glady suffer through a few days/weeks of being uncomfortable if it will keep my baby off a respirator and out of the NICU. I have to bite my tongue when I hear the “I’m making the doctor induce me because I’m soooo uncomfortable!” comments.
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Mama Wrench Reply:
December 5th, 2011 at 5:35 pm Mama Wrench(Quote)
Here, here — I just about chewed my tongue off biting it so hard when a friend of mine was induced at 38 weeks because her doctor told her, “after 36 weeks they’re really just gaining weight.” Her baby ended up in the NICU (after an intervention-filled 10-hour labor resulting in c/s) for two weeks, during which time they wouldn’t let her do kangaroo care because “it will just get him excited and he needs to stay calm.” Most of the NICU nurses wouldn’t even let her out to breastfeed him because “then we won’t know how much he’s eating.” Her whole pregnancy/birth is EXACTLY why I’ll do everything I can to avoid induction.
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Knitted in the Womb Reply:
December 5th, 2011 at 8:52 pm Knitted in the Womb(Quote)
I actually know someone who had two premature babies–34 weeks both of them–with time on respirators and CPAP…and when she went to 38 weeks with her 3rd baby she was SO miserable and “Dr. shopped” because her Dr. refused to induce her. She had moved about 1.5 hrs from where she lived with her first two babies…and since her new OB wouldn’t do the induction, she went to the OB from her first two, and got him to do it. I imagine she told him something about how she just really loved him and trusted him and wanted to birth with him…blah, blah, blah…
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Lisa Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 6:57 pm Lisa(Quote)
I just kept saying the end of March. Of course, baby came early on his own. But even right before I had him, people kept asking me if I was ready to be done. I said end of March, February is too early to be asking me if I’m ready to be done.
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Louisa Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 7:13 pm Louisa(Quote)
Me EDD was 14 August but I told everyone “end of August/beginning of Sept” and she came on 28 August. I went 42+2 with her. I learnt my lesson with the docs too, even though the scan date agreed with my dates I added a week and said 20 August and insisted that my husband was away and unless they were accusing me of infidality then their dates were “wrong”. The didn’t fight that one and on all the paperwork it says my gestation was 41+4. I am going to do it again since it worked so well last time.
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Kit Reply:
December 5th, 2011 at 6:45 pm Kit(Quote)
I’m 35 weeks now. This whole pregnancy, I have worked hard not to tell people a due date except for the middle of January. Anytime someone asked, I would just respond with “good question!” because I technically have 3: my date based on when I ovulated, the magic wheel date, and the date based on my scan. My date is the latest, and that is the one my midwife is going with. I was late with DD, so we want as much time as possible before she has to legally transfer my care to an OB at 42 weeks. Hopefully we won’t make it that far.
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Wendy Reply:
December 6th, 2011 at 7:37 pm Wendy(Quote)
Stephanie: LIE! I pushed DS’s date out 10 days. I’m still trying to explain that 10-pound “premie” to my in-laws. (Tee-hee).
Ooooooooooooooops! Did I get my LMP dates wrong? Silly me….
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