What Induction Feels Like- The Next Australian Study

[HotI]

What induction feels like? The next Australian study « Gifted Birth Support


Worth the read!

[Jennifer13]

Tehehe, very amusing!

[TeniBear]

*giggle*



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[Lenny]

Love the detailed evaluation card.

[surprised]

Can kind of see the humour she's attempting, but to be honest I found this quite offensive (and I don't really get offended at birth stuff easily). I didn't appreciate reading about the supposedly horrible experience my baby went through. I didn't agree to be induced easily, but at 13 days over with no signs of labour at all I reached a point where the risks started to become more than I was comfortable with.

Not having a go at you for posting, and if some of you find it funny then great (we need more laughter in this world!), but not for me. xo

[Lenny]

surprised - I read this as being all about how ridiculous it would be to induce a bub who was doing fine at 38 weeks for the sake of a 'study'. You obviously did not take your induction lightly - and rightly so. So, the writer is trying to show that the topic should not be taken lightly either. JMO.

[FabFiona]

Like surprised I'm not sure I think it's funny... I get it's having a go at a seemingly ridiculous study. I was induced twice due to pre-eclampsia. The thought of my baby being like Dr Chad made me a little sad.

But the survey at the end did give me a chuckle.


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[Beach Mama]

surprised - I read this as being all about how ridiculous it would be to induce a bub who was doing fine at 38 weeks for the sake of a 'study'. You obviously did not take your induction lightly - and rightly so. So, the writer is trying to show that the topic should not be taken lightly either. JMO.

Yes it is about the ridiculousness (real word ) of inducing at 38 weeks but it does so in a way that I also see why and how mums who did choose induction to not see the humor in it. Reality? Yes. Easy and funny to read for a mum who regrets her induction? Not really.

[HotI]

I didn't see it as a funny ha ha read, but was thinking of it as the dr getting to feel what it can be like being a patient, with the researcher not really considering his feelings (had he had enough, was the next step necessary?) as a parallel to how some drs/midwives work sticking to protocol and not considering the patient as an individual.

I understand how reading it could be upsetting.

[TeniBear]

You know, reading it, I completely forgot that I was induced for no reason with Amelia at 38 weeks? I do regret it, and I hope it doesn't have any lasting effects on her, but I do think she's fine and so so smart That said, I'll never put myself or any future babies through that.


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[Babyluv]

Thanks for sharing

[kateo]

I found that offensive.
I had to have my stillborn baby induced at 41 weeks as I had "wisely" refused a term induction and gone overdue causing the death of my daughter. She looked perfectly healthy on u/s @ 40.4 . I now am at 37 weeks and facing another induction for the birth of this baby as we do not have a cause of death for my precious Ellen and perhaps going to term will cause another death in utero.
I am sure black humour has it's place but there is nothing funny about making fun of my real concerns about giving birth in less than perfect circumstances.
Having lost a child at full term this has been a highly stressful pregnancy and making fun of my birthing choices makes it no better.

[Jaycee]

kateo

I clicked on the link but it said the page isn't available, has it been removed or is it just me?

[Traveller]

I can't say I found it funny either. Personally I am not a massive fun of inductions, but the vast majority of babies who are induced come through unscathed and to suggest early induction = disabled baby is not helpful or sympathetic to women who make that birth choice.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

There were some humourous aspects. However, some things were downright offensive.

I was induced (as a baby myself). I was hyperlexic as a child. No reading support needed here - in fact, some teachers used me AS the class reading support. DH was induced. He's now a chartered engineer. So to suggest that induction = academic failure simply isn't true and is hurtful and offensive.

How many babies actully have their eyes gouged out due to scalp monitoring, as suggested? (Little bit sensitive issue for me as I'm still not back to normal after my son took a jab at my eye.)

The worst point is that "hey, we medical people know exactly how crap induction is to a baby, so let's bully women into it." It read, to me, that medical people know inductions damage babies. And yet how much bullying do we women undergo to be induced, take drugs in labour, let people warm up the pokers et cetera?

As for the medical outcomes - didn't most of us have to do a PND questionnaire once we were considered "back to normal"? PND is a recognised medical that can't be diagnosed 5 minutes post-birth, same with PTSD. That's why the immediate outcomes HAVE to be about physical rather than mental health.

[PollyA]

Ah, the doctor bashing continues.
Do you truly think that obstetricians do not keep abreast of all the latest evidence and try to make the best suggestion to their patients? They are not out to harm anyone. In fact quite the opposite. Inductions most definitely have their place in modern care of mums and babies,

I personally would much prefer a natural labour over an augmented one, having had one of each, but if I need to be induced in the future I will be. If it is in the interest of keeping my baby or myself healthy, I would not hesitate.

If I was to be one of 100 women being induced to prevent one stillbirth, I would do it. Some of the decisions on risk are not clear cut, the tools there are to predict risk crude, but that is not to say the risk does not exist. And to say otherwise is Counterproductive at the least and possibly dangerous.

With a few exceptions the decisions are rarely black and white. Many health care providers, midwives and obstetricians alike could communicate better with the families in their care, but I don't believe the vast majority have motivations beyond good outcomes for all.

[KatieSloots]

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