OB appointment at 40wks.....wants to give VE? Should I?

[Jennifer13]

*Labour vibes* hun, stick to your guns and they'll only do what you want them to.

[Shanti]

Thanks girls for the lovely messages

I sure hope these pains i've been getting since 3pm mean something.... that walk may have helped after all .... but not getting hopes up.... lol

[Lovenhope]

Hi Ren,
Just popping on to wish you all the best for the upcoming birth. Can't wait to read the BA.

[Cyathea]

VE's before labour are in my opinion completely meaningless, and even worse, I feel they are used as a tool to gauge how compliant a patient you will be during labour, they are just so unnecessary, i simply cannot believe they are still performed.

I've been through 3 pregnancies, and have had ONE VE, that was during my first labour, I have since thought about them a lot, and researched the uselessness of them, and the downsides of having them done, and never will I ever have any, unless it is a medcal emergency.

This Gloria Lemay article has a good comment in it about some of the detrimental effects VE's in labour can have...

www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/pushing.asp

[Shanti]

Cyathea - thank you for that article. Very good article!!

[hj1981]

Ren - what are u doing here? i said u were going to have ur bub yesterday! ur meant to be in hospy holding ur little one!