OB Going on holidays - should I Induce?!

[Astrolady]

I am with the other girls. I have had 2 inductions and a natural labour. I would go a natural labour over induced anyday. My natural was my last born. Being induced usually means being hooked up to Machines etc as they have to monitor the baby, where as a natural labour you get do what your instincts tell you i.e get up and rock go on all fours... whatever it is that helps you to cope. Definitely don't induce just because your OB is on holidays.

[ReggieB]

Wow! ok so everyone is against this then, thanks for all the input tho, appreciated.
I'm, still undecided and will wait til I talk to my doctor on the 1st.

[Bathsheba]

I also have had two inductions (medically required) and 1 naturally begun labour. I would also never recommend an induction unless medically necessary! From my experience the Ob does very little like a few people have said. It's the midwives that you depend on. There are risks that come with inductions that don't come with natural labour. I'm surprised your OB hasn't gone into those risks (actually no I'm not, they rarely do). Ask him if there is an increased risk of having a c-section when induced... he will probably squirm... but there is.

It sounds like you have had a trouble free pregnancy so far... if it's not broke don't try and "fix" it

BellyBelly has lots of very informative articles... check them out Goodluck!

[Junglemum]

I'm, still undecided and will wait til I talk to my doctor on the 1st.

And that is totally your perogative. So long as you make an informed decision you can do what you like!

[femme]

I would avoid an uncessessary induction at all cost. Being informed does not consist of discussing this with you Ob, you need to do some reading on what an induction entails and what the risks are.

[Glamourcide]

^ What femme said. I thought I was 'informed' about inductions when I went into my first labour... then after nearly dying of a severe PPH, I started doing more research, and found out it was because of the induction, and that I was extremely lucky to have gotten out of it without a c-sec or other serious complications.
I would never, ever recommend one unless it is absolutely medically necessary. You may think we're a bunch of ninnies who are so militant about 'natural birth' that we just avoid inductions because it doesn't apply to our philosophies, but honey, I've been there. Chances are your OB won't be on call the day you're in labour anyway, or that s/he won't even be needed - midwives are the ones who deliver babies born without complications and I do hope that midwives are all you need.
Inductions are horrific, traumatic processes to put your body and your baby through, I would avoid it at all costs unless it was absolutely necessary. You're absolutely free to choose for yourself, of course, and we will all support you in your choices, but having been there, done that, I would never, ever allow my labour to be artificially induced ever again unless there was already a serious risk to my health and/or that of my child - definitely not for time constraints or the desire to have one particular doctor attend me during or after labour. Sorry, but that's my opinion on it.

[~Raven~]

Ask him before he induces you, will he guarantee his attendance! If you wanting to be induced is only for his attendance and he doesn't make it because of *whatever* how would you feel? Ripped off? Sad? Don't care?

I've had my OB miss one of mine as have several other BB members. It's why they work in teams because it's impossible for them to be in two places at once and if it comes to it that someone else is giving birth at the same time as you, one of you will miss out!