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!
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.
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...
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!
Also, if you're really getting antsy about it and not much progressing much, try acupuncture. It works wonders in preparing your body for labour and is muuuch nicer than medical induction
Yep, good for you going with your gut. Also a for the midwife for noticing and actually having a chat to you. She wouldn't have let you go if she was worried about anything, you must have good instincts
Good for you anna!! I wish I had had the guts to do that...or a more understanding mw anyway!
trusting your instincts is a good, great, fantastic thing to do. I agree with everyone else, im sure you have done the right thing and if your body tells you otherwise between now and then, trust your gut.
fingers crossed bubs will come before the next induction date.
sending you heaps and lots of labour vibes, im so proud of you hun!!
xxxx
I just wanted to say GOOD ON YOU!!! It's your body, and your choice. I went in for daily monitoring with my first bub from just over 41 weeks and he came on his own accord at exactly 42 weeks. I have heard of women given birth in the 43rd week but mainly in home birth situations - as long as your baby is healthy I can't see what is wrong with that - the medical community surely can't argue this.
Ignore the numbers (how many weeks etc) and the clock - your baby and your body will do what is right when the time is right!
We found DTD the best thing for bringing on labour - I would have contractions within half an hour (and this finally turned into real labour the last time!). The midwife actually suggested we go home and do it to help things along, the natural prostaglandins in semen help ripen the cervix. Evening primrose oil also is full of natural prostaglandins and you can take these orally and internally overnight (wear a pad). There is lots of info on using EPO this way on midwifery websites like Non-Pharmaceutical Induction - from Ronnie Falc?o's Midwife Archives template
All the best
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