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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. To PP at 13:36- thank you for your thoughtful encouragement. It made me feel better. I am trying to look at the soft cervix as a good sign, as opposed to "why am I not dilated yet" which was my initial reaction. I am going to try to rest and keep walking, even though it's not the most comfortable.

Correct, my practice sends any woman 35 or older for weekly NSTs starting at 36 weeks. I am technically classified as high risk because of my age but the other doctors I have seen at the practice have either never mentioned it or commented I am on the lower end of AMA and otherwise healthy so not a concern. The dr I saw today was the first one who mentioned inducing based solely on AMA, so I was a bit caught off guard. The dr I saw last week, when all this talk of scheduling inductions started, said they usually recommend induction between 39 and 40 weeks for AMA, but in my case given my health, etc., she was fine letting me go to 41 weeks but no later. The possible complication of the platelets and the scheduling intervened, and they ended up putting me on the schedule for my due date and now it's a negotiation.

I wish they had been more straightforward at like week 36 (instead of 2 days before I hit week 39) with their recommendation for AMA to give me time to consider. I probably would have scheduled something for middle or later next week, between 40 and 41 weeks, which hopefully I won't end up too far off from assuming platelets are ok tomorrow. I guess this is also good prep for all the things that can happen during the delivery/birth process and learning to balance going with the flow and advocating for myself under pressure when physically compromised. [/quote]
If their policy is a hard stop at 41 weeks then they'll find a spot for you on the schedule! They won't want to risk a stillbirth (not that the rate is high, but it does start to climb statistically at 41 weeks).[/quote]

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