Policy of labour induction in Queensland

[Tobily]

This is interesting...because there's "policy"....and there's policy.

I was very interested to discover recently the official policy of one of the large public hospitals in Brisbane. Their policy for post dates pregnancy in low risk women states that they are to commence monitoring at 14 days post EDD. Note, that is monitoring - not induction.

Despite this, I know of women attending this hospital being told they "will" be induced at 7 days, 10 days, or 14 days post EDD. But the hospital's actual written policy does not say that at all. What these women are being told is "policy", seems to be entirely dependent on the obstetrician they strike on the day and their personal preferences or interpretation.

The thing I have learned from this is regardless of what the person sitting in front of you is telling you - ask them to look it up. And ask to see a copy of it. All hospitals have policies on post dates pregnancies but how they are applied is by no means uniform. If you can get a look at it, you have a much better chance of getting what you want.

Of course if that's not your intention in asking please disregard all this lol.