natural therapies may not work , i did accupuncture and homeopathy.. acc. did work to turn my baby the right way , but she still spun around and didnt engage .. homeopathy gave me loads of pre labour ctx .. and she came 9 days late all on her own after id given up trying every remedy out there...
i was in labour and 3cm doc said id be in over night as it was a vbac and 1st labour , and it would be a long one as she was not engaged .that was at 7 pm and she was born at 11;30pm ... so they could go head down any time ..
how many days will the ob let you go over ?? and have they done a scan to prove cord pro lapse?? and no natuarl therapies will not cause it , just get informed and make your own decision ... what would you rather ?? and how far overdue are you ?
Ob has booked me for c-section on Monday if not engaged and has booked me for an induction monday night if it does engage. Seems concerned that it won't engage. i'm getting confused.
Will you be 14 days overdue by next Wednesday? I would say that is why your OB wants to induce you. If bub isn't engaged, and you get induced, then there is a chance of labour not proceeding quick enough (to satisfy the ob) and a lot of the time labour will end in emergency c/s in that case. I've seen it happen with 2 of my friends this year. However, if bub hasn't engaged by then, it doesn't mean bub won't engage at all. All babies and labours are different. The important thing is to make sure bub is safe and sound. If you don't want to have a c/s just becuase bub hasn't engaged, then you don't have to. Have a scan, make sure bub is fit for labour. Try natural remedies, it won't hurt. It will either help, or won't do anything.
jojo - what do you want? Are you happy to wait until your baby starts labour or are you worried?
Do you still feel that your baby is ok?
If you are happy and you're happy that your baby is happy, think about stall tactics or just outright saying NO.
Babies want to born - your baby will come. A posterior lie will often mean a baby is "late" to engage and consequently will go postdates. But it doesn't mean it won't come at all. I've had mums in your position lots of times, their babies came and they came safely.
This is about what you want, and what you're comfortable with. Don't be pushed into an induction or a caesarean on a just in case basis. You sound very torn and I don't mean to add to that confusion. But if you listen to your gut, perhaps you won't feel so confused any more.
Hang in there...you still have a week before they get heavy and ALOT can happen in that time at this stage of the game and it probably will
PS - An anecdote for you. I recently had a first time mum who at 41.5 weeks had a high, closed cervix and an unengaged, posterior baby. GP and hospital telling her to have a caesar. She said no. She went into spontaneous labour at 42 weeks and birthed her healthy baby in three hours.
Moral of the story: No one knows what you are capable of...until you're doing it
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