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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I waited until 41 weeks to induce with my first, and the induction took forever and then still didn't work, and I had her by c-section at 41w4days (at almost midnight, so almost 5 days!).  I remember at my PACE group people being so deeply sorry for me for having a c-section, but she was only 7 lbs at birth, the placenta was degrading, and there was meconium in the fluid.  When I said that a C wasn't my worst case scenario, a stillbirth was, the reaction was still a shocked gasp that I would "scaremonger" about natural births.

A lot people are really, really deeply emotionally connected to the idea of vaginal births with no interventions.  Science can't really stand a chance against emotions like those.

I hope everything goes well for you, OP.  But I do think it's misleading that you started a thread about how nuts it is that they brought up induction at all of your appointments when your most recent appointment was literally for your 39th week.  Of course they brought it up.  It's the recommendation.[/quote]

I agree with this.  I was 39 when I had my last child and had to be induced.  This was years ago and they let me go to 41 weeks.  I can remember at that time people on this board would say it is better to induce earlier but the evidence was not there yet.  Now it is.  Consider it is not some effort to age shame you but them giving you best medical advice.  You can choose not to follow it but they'd be bad doctors for not advising you to do it.[/quote]

This. I had my first at 41.5 weeks at age 33, and was induced for my second at 39 weeks, age 36. No specific complications but I was considered high risk due to prior miscarriages. This was 10 years ago and even then the widely accepted evidence was to induce at 39 weeks due to risk or age (or earlier obviously if indicated). It was totally fine. In fact better than the first since I was unmedicated with the first and had an epidural with the second.

People forget that when you do everything the “natural” way, some number of stillbirths are part of that. No thanks. [/quote]

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