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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Went to dr this am and should have updated platelet counts tomorrow. My cervix is soft, but not yet dilated- the dr I saw today gave me a Bishop score of 3. She said she anticipates my platelets are probably stable- so somewhere around 120. She wants to stick with the induction date of this Saturday (my due date), giving me the reason of AMA. I pushed back on that because I'm on the lower range of AMA, have had a low risk pregnancy so far, and my fetal monitoring has been going well- amniotic fluid level is good, baby movement and heart rate consistent, etc. Their scheduling is booked for inductions next week but she said if I wasn't comfortable with Saturday and platelets are stable, she could ask for an exception (whatever that means) to schedule me instead early next week to give me a couple extra days, which I think I would feel ok with.

I just don't like the idea of going into an induction when I'm not even dilated solely because of my age, assuming platelets are stable. I don't feel like my body is ready yet. It's the very last stretch of an otherwise physically uneventful and fit pregnancy, and since the weekend I've had symptoms of symphisis pubic dysfunction, which is impeding my mobility and frankly also demoralizing me on top of this induction back and forth. They didn't really prep me for this- nobody told me until last week that they have essentially a cattle line of inductions scheduled and I might have trouble getting in, or that AMA would be an issue at 35 and 6 months old. I'm having trouble getting into a good mental place which is hard in the last week when I think I'm supposed to be excited and ideally feeling more ready and confident. [/quote]

Look- no one feels “ready and confident” and “in a good mental place” when they are 39 weeks pregnant. Don’t buy into the myth that this needs to be a magical time for you. Your delivery is probably not going to go the way you plan. I say that without even knowing what kind of delivery you want. You’re going to struggle with the let down of a non- perfect labor,  non - perfect breastfeeding try, a non perfect recovery, etc- just try to let go and know that late pregnancy/ birth/ postpartum is HARD and typically NOT FUN. And almost never as you planned it. [/quote]

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