All the best for this time, Lindsay. Forearmed is forewarned. It is a shame that some docs don't seem to realise that presenting women with options and alternatives to the usual obstetric routine can be so empowering. Some docs are caught up in their own system, on a roll doing the things they're just used to doing. Like routinely offering induction at a certain number of days past the EDD, but not saying things like:

* 42 weeks is full term
* some women naturally go to 48 weeks
* you don't have to be induced unless you want to
* here's the pros and cons of induction
* here's other ways you can prepare in body and mind for labour
* it's your choice ultimately
* there's a very slight increased of still birth after 43 weeks, but anything we do carries risks, inductions have risks of their own, such as ... and including a higher chance of c/s
* relaxation, good nutrition, trusting your body etc all help you go into labour at the right time for you and your baby and help your hormonal sytem rock along nicely

To their credit, some obs and midwives DO say these things to their clients, as they should. But some just get stuck in the This Is The Way We've Always Done It.

I'm so sorry you feel the doc did wrong by you. Awful feeling to have. I can relate. I feel sad when i see and hear of so many gorgous healthy women getting the conveyor belt approach in our maternity system. It is great we have places like BB to share and spread the word. Knowledge builds confidence and confidence helps us birth the way we are made to.

Lindsay have you got a doula darl? (Very bold of me to suggest it since I am a doula myself but I'm past being *tactful* about it, I want every birthing woman to have that support and resource! The only way to have the continuity every birthing woman deserves unless you hire a private midwife (another excellent idea) or are able to get into a Know Your Midwife scheme - (like the one they are axing at Biralee in Box Hill (Melbourne).