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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have had two babies, both born at 41 weeks, one spontaneous, one induced. I think that the PPs need to recognize that the risks, though they do increase between 37 and 42 weeks, are still very, very small. If you are talking about 2 babies in 10,000 or 10 babies in 10,000, it is still a very, very small risk. I don't think that gets mentioned frequently enough.

I am not an anti-science idiot, but I think that people make decisions all the time to engage in things that are more risky than that. Driving a car is risky, for example, but many of us put our children in cars multiple times a day, every day, and no one is ever criticized for doing so.

Either way, I think that the PP is taking this very personally and is being rather nasty. PP, who hurt you? Why do you feel like it's a good use of your time to be snippy and superior to someone who disagrees with you on an anonymous website? [/quote]

Sure, but if something whose statistical risk is low happened to you, like stillbirth or preeclampsia, and it could have been avoided by induction at 39 weeks rather than waiting to go into labor naturally, you would have a very different outlook. Just like you take precautions when driving, like wearing a seatbelt, and not driving in poor weather, and having your car inspected and cared for, you can take precautions in pregnancy and delivery to avoid poor outcomes. [/quote]

DP. But stillbirth and preeclampsia can't be 100% avoided by inducing at 39 weeks. Only that the risk is lowered. And not so much to be massively different, particularly in the case of stillbirth.

I think the study is important, and provides important data to each individual woman making the right individual decision for her. I know that even with all the information out there, I personally would not have decided to induce at 39 weeks at a healthy FTM less than a month from my 36th birthday.[/quote]

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