Talk of induction already...i havent reached EDD yet !!!!

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Preagainpan, sounds like you have a lovely and very sensible OB. They are out there.

What really bugs me is that a lot of women who have been scared into inductions have a similar thing happen to them. This includes my own mother (although she would disagree with me). They have an uncomplicated pregnancy. Then they are induced a few days past their EDD because they're over. Induced labours are different to natural labours and they can have an effect on the baby, too. Now a lot of women feel they need an epidural because they don't get a break from the strong induced contractions. The epidural slows down the labour which in turn creates a need to speed up labour, blablabla. The whole ordeal ends with an exhausted mum, a distressed baby and an emergency c/s. Then the women are told: Thank god we induced when we did, because the baby was very blue when it came out and had we left it for another 12 hours, it would probably not have survived.
I really don't like talking with women who have experienced this. I just really feel for them and I do understand if they believe those nonsense statements. If your baby comes out barely breathing, it makes sense to think that the baby got out in the nick of time. When really, had things progressed naturally, the baby might not have gone into any type of distress at all. I don't like to mention that, though, because I feel like firstly, they will think that I'm a know-it-all. And the thing is that I ddon't criticise those women for what happened, I criticise the system. But I think that is a point that is easily misunderstood.

Sasa
xx