I chickened out of my Induction This Morning - hope I did the right thing?

[No.5]

I'm sure bub will be ok.. Don't be concerned about bub moving into your pelvis. I'm tiny too and had a very successful induced birth at 38.5 weeks with no tearing or anything!
Good luck and lots of labour vibes. Go for a long walk that's another way people try to bring on labour.

[Lulu]

Good on you for following your instincts .

Lotsa labour vibes coming your way xoxoxox

[MantaRay]

I'm proud of you hun. It takes courage to be in hossy and not just go with the flow. I am sure your instinct is right and that you have chosen the best path. Fingers crossed the labour starts before you have make the decision again. And try not to worry, if there were any signs that the baby would be better off out, the mw would have tried to convince you.

[thepixie]

I did the same thing! Went into labour the next morning at 3am and had her by 9pm that night.... had ARM and synto when I got to the hospital, and TBH it wasn't that bad. In my case my DD had some meconium aspiration and needed to go to nursery for oxygen and monitoring but there was really no way to know whether that was anything to do with the induction, or whether it would have happened anyway if I had gone for the induction the day before. If your monitoring was ok she should be fine for a few more days.
Good luck!

[Trillian]

Well done for going with your instinct and going home. Truth be known if you had of gone into an *artificial* labour with bubs still high and in that position with the head not quite right, chances would have been pretty good of you needing further intervention. So long as you are being monitored and there are no immediate health risks to you or your baby then you will be fine to wait until Monday, but lets hope that bubs decides to get the show on the road when it's ready to.

[Cyathea]

You are AWESOME!! Congratulations on standing up for yourself and your bub! As long as you and bub are nice and healthy, then simply letting bub come in its own time is the very best thing to do, for both of you.

Did you know that some of the very last cells laid down are the brain cells? I'd resist induction just on that alone

And not going through with induction cuts your chances of ending up with a c/s considerably...

Babies are meant to choose their own birthdays!

[sangie]

Well done for going with your instinct. I agree with the others - as long as both you and bubs are doing fine then there is no reason to go for induction. Good on you and sending you plenty of labour vibes!

Good luck, looking forward to seeing your birth announcement!