When I first found out I was pg I calculated my due date to be the 16th December.
I had a m/c in Jan, my cycles were not 100% back to normal but one more and I reckon they would have been.
DH and I had been using condoms because we weren't ready to try again, but one broke and here I am
So I am fairly sure of the date of conception as well which happens to be right on day 14.
I chose not to have a 12 week ultrasound and just had one at 18 weeks.
When I saw the Ob at the hospital for the results at 20 weeks he asked me if I was sure of my dates and what my cycles are like etc
After I said about the m/c and not being back to normal he said the baby is measuring 2 weeks ahead so he changed my EDD to 1st December.
I wasn't overly impressed and said well what happens if I go over... "well see what happens if/when you get there" okay right fair enough.
Well I ended up getting into midwife care at hospital so no more Ob's since then. YAY!
They are lovely and very much about no interventions.
What I am concerned about is that I have an appointment on Monday, with an Ob and my midwife, which will make me 8 days over by their dates to see where we go from here.
Hospital policy is to look at inducing at 10 days over.
I really don't want to be induced again, I was with DD as my waters broke and didn't go into labour quick enough for the private system. It bloody hurts. I was lucky I required no other interventions, I might not be so lucky this time, especially if bubs isn't ready to come out yet.
So I guess what I am asking is for some advice for when I go in there on Monday, if the OB tries and convinces me to be induced around the 10th.
Hope I am making sense here.
My main concerns are
- Baby isn't ready to come out yet, my EDD may be the 16th as I thought it was.
- They might not allow be to continue being in the midwife only program if I want to wait until 42 weeks by their dates. (15th December)
- Inducing before bubs and my body is ready will lead to other interventions.
I really don't want to cry like an idiot while I am in the appointment, they don't take us seriously as it is.
I guess I am after some information/ideas/strategies I can go in there with so that I feel more confidant in sticking up for myself.
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