^ I wonder if they have any idea that an induction might actually take them until the weekend? I was induced on Wednesday morning with DD1 (gel) and nobody told me anything about 'it might take 48 hours' until *after* the two doses and still nothing - then I was put on the drip and had ARM... this was on the Friday morning. So all up, my 'Woohoo, baby will be here on Wednesday' induction turned into 'WHY THE HELL IS NOTHING HAPPENING?! JUST CUT IT OUT ALREADY!!' and it took days longer than I expected it to. (ETA - the gel didn't even *budge* my cervix, the doctors kept telling me to 'wait, wait' but eventually went ahead with synto & ARM - I went into hospital Wednesday morning expecting to have a baby that day and didn't come home until Sunday, had bub on Friday afternoon.)
So... it will kind of be poetic justice if this pair go to hospital mid-week, expecting the baby to arrive that day, and he ends up missing his game or the birth of his child because the gel doesn't work and the doctors wait till the weekend to start ARM and synto
ETA... just how aware are they that ESTIMATED due dates are just that, and that she could well go a week overdue if left alone? Then he gets his game out of the way and she has a natural birth, no problemo.
Seriously... for a FOOTBALL GAME? I dunno. I'm not a fan, I don't follow sport, so I don't know if it really *is* a big deal... it just sounds completely dumb to me. Especially when an induction *can* be a risky process.
Last edited by Glamourcide; September 1st, 2009 at 07:41 PM.
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