just an little "unnecessary intervention" vent

[BellyBelly]

Oooooh yeah. I was so excited about opening the pregnancy centre and helping women with natural therapies but quickly I started to get down because day after day women would come in for natural inductions after threats for all sorts of reasons, big baby the main one... but its so frustrating and infuriating... I hear you, welcome to my working week LOL

[briggsy's girl]

i think i must be under one of the most anti-intervention Ob's in history - even given high BP, permanent tachycardia and a very stressed out mummy, he won't intervene at this point cos my cervix isn't favourable and he doesn't want to do anything to put us at more risk of c/s birth. i was peeved yesterday, but when i calmed down, i realised how unique this Ob is and i really do appreciate that he's not allowing MY fears to impact and lead to a medicalised birth. we do have an induction date if things don't happen naturally by then (due to BP and tachy) but he's not rushing things, hoping that nature takes it's course.

i know a lot of people have been frightened into intervention by Ob's at the other local hospital so i'll admit i chose the hospy i did (three times as far travel wise) to try to avoid this... stuff like "big babies" is (mostly) a big furphie...

i'm going to be getting Ap to help with natural induction if i can between now and the "last day" he'll let me go. will depend if my chiro/ap will do it though - he is another anti-intervention fella! i'm surrounded by them! lol

[Roryrory]

BG it sounds like you are on a winner with your OB!

I mentioned this vent to DH and he is really pro-natural birth but he did make the point that the woman may have had an awful time last time so had reasons for wanting the intervention (which I acknowledge), so I know its a generalisation but gee can't you see her having a bad time this time round as well?

[[M]umma[M]ia]

i know! its annoying to hear. Being a first timer tho i do understand with other first timers, u sorta just do what your told. But oh my.... for the next one i have grown alot of balls! lol

[Bathsheba]

I know, it's frustrating. Having been through 2 inductions I would never wish them on anyone. I think the main problem is that most women think an induced labour is not that much different to one that is allowed to start naturally That's why BB is so valuable.

Bigger picture: I think that sometimes a society will only change their ways if you let them be misguided long enough for them to realise they are doing it wrong. Only after enough mistakes are made will people (as a whole) be convinced and realise. it's frustrating to watch this happen... but sometimes time just has to pass. I am confident that in as little as 10 years the birth industry (sorry if this phrase offends some) will be a different (for the better) place.... mainly due to technology like online forums getting the word out that (for example) birthing big babies is often no harder than birthing small ones.... and anecdotally (from what I have heard) is actually often easier!

Sorry for all those brackets too! LOL

[Ozziehoffy]

OMG.... YES!!! A friend of mine had her little girl 3 wks before Elijah was born but they were talking possible induction for the same reason!! In the end the doc at hossy said no we'll let you go. I was so happy to hear that cos I was worried about the stupid reason! Turned out bub was pretty much same size as 1st one - 4.2kg approx... she's not a small frame so def no prob.

When they started to tell me at 36 wks bub was at least 8 lb already I tild them I didn't feel he was and I was right - full term 8 lb 4. I was lucky the doc at the hossy was good cos I was telling him how stupid I thought it was having a scan to determine bub's size and he was goes well there's only one way to find out if the baby is too big and that's to go into labour and even then it's very RARE that a baby is too big for medical reasons. YAY DOC!!

[bon]

How is inducing a week early going to guarantee a "smaller" baby anyway? It seems to be more of a need for the Ob to 'manage' everything.