Please help me with my pros and cons list???

Frankly, I'm of the mindset once you hit 40 weeks to get baby out, mainly because I'm done being pregnant by that point. Also, studies in the U.S. show that inducing at around 39-40 weeks can actually help to avoid complications.

Also I've had to be induced twice for medical reasons and it was really chill honestly. I felt a lot more in control than going into labor on my own and wondering if it actually was labor or not.

Plus I (personally) feel that once you get to 40 weeks it becomes medically necessary to have baby, but that's just me.

It’s really up to you. I was considering getting induced in my 40th week due to life reasons. I was meant to be starting studying the week after and my hubby was starting leave from my due date also. Fortunately my daughter came at 39+4.

Having had an induction with my first I did everything I could to avoid one with my second

if you don’t mind (and you don’t have to) what were your reasons for feeling that way after having had an induction. I’ve never had one but I just feel so worried for something bad to happen. I understand anything can happen even if I go into labor naturally but still

I appreciate your input on this and giving some information I didn’t know

thank you. One of my driving reasons to go for it Monday is I miss my older son

Yeah it definitely got hard towards the end trying to be there for my two year old. And was hard on my body trying to look after him at the end also which also was one of my considerations. I was induced for my first due to GD and had a positive experience so I was ok with being induced again.

I've only had one baby so take this with a grain of salt. I'd personally wait - I gave birth with midwives at a birth centre (which is all about empowering women to give birth naturally, without intervention or medical pain relief). I went into labour naturally at 41+1 and would recommend waiting - everything I learnt about labour and how your body works in the lead up to birth talked about how one intervention can often lead to another. There's nothing wrong with induction, but since it's 'man made' your body doesn't always continue on to the next step of labour itself and often needs another intervention to keep labour going if that makes sense.

The birth centre likes to have babies born (not just starting labour) by 42 weeks so you could wait and schedule and induction for half way through the 41st week if you wanted to. The hospital also can't force you to do anything so if you want to wait, wait.

It's a very medical/clinical process and I wanted something more natural.

I also think if baby isn't ready then it'll still take a long time. Some women are going through inductions for days

Mine was reasonably quick. It was painful, birth is painful though so who really knows if I would have coped unmedicated but I did have an unmedicated second birth. With my first I took all the drugs and didn't really feel very with it or in control. There's a lot of the birth I can't remember. After my epidural I couldn't feel a thing, I didn't know when to push. This slowed things down and while I did manage to avoid further interventions the team were discussing it. I refused an episiotomy, and I think I was very close to needing a c section. I wouldn't describe it as traumatic but it isn't what I wanted and I was completely sure I didn't want another induction unless absolutely necessary

I would also encourage you to do your own research rather than take the words and anecdotes of others.

I was induced with my third recently, they gave me meds for 24hrs and I was still only 1cm dilated even with contractions…so they ended up using a foley balloon…didn’t love it, but it was ok…a few hours later it put enough pressure to break my water and I went into full labor and had the baby. Everything was fine pp, and I had no tearing or other issues at all…but seemingly out of nowhere 3
weeks later got a horrible infection and it’s possibly related to the foley balloon. I was told it was more common if you had one and it caused a whole chain of bad medical events that I’m still dealing with, so I don’t know 🤷🏼‍♀️

yes I have done research and it is pretty much where every one of my cons has stemmed from on the list I put above. I like to hear people’s experiences and stories as well.

yeah it’s very rare that I read or hear any good stories from inductions. So I went and re searched a little today and yesterday because of that and I really didn’t enjoy what I found lol. I’m sorry that happened to you

Thank you!) Yeah it seems to be mixed info, I’ve seen both good and bad stories. I was so done being pregnant and was worried because he was measuring at 12 pounds lol..so another week or more of growing sounded like a risky situation and painful 🤣. Did you get a membrane sweep yet??

Adding that I do know a few people who had inductions and they went well. Also friends that have really great c sec births. You might opt for an epidural or other pain relief if you go down that path as labour can feel a bit more painful since your body isn't naturally producing the hormones that help reduce pain.

I had an induction with the balloon, I found that really uncomfortable compared to actual labour, if we have another I will try to avoid another induction.
I was connected to a drip throughout the labour and felt really restricted, I just wanted to walk around but the wires restricted me to only be able to do a 2 step on 1 side of the bed as they were only a metre long, I hated that I couldn't move around much x

You could go into labor naturally while reading this... or tonight while you're sleeping, or just before your induction, or it could have happened right after you started... At 40+3 you're not holding out for a few weeks, it's hours.. maybe a day. If you're scared or just don't want to, it's ok. You are the pregnant person. Don't overthink it, do what you *feel* is right. 🍀

I had a great induction with my second. I went in at 3cm. After they broke my water it was 30 min. I pushed 3 times. They were expecting it to take longer and had to grab a random doctor from the hallway, haha! 🤣 It was way less dramatic than contractions starting naturally with my first.

Im pregnant with my first and will be induced between 37 and 39 weeks. My sister was induced with all three of her boys she didnt/wouldn't go into labor naturally, she went Into labor with her daughter but didn't progress until they gave her induction meds (pitocin) after 17 hours and her daughter was born 30 minutes later.

If you feel there are cons, dont do it. Your mindset is a huge factor in successful induction. I personally felt more in control doing an induction than the idea of it happening whenever. Both of mine were medically necessary at 37 weeks, but I still felt positive about it and went in with the mindset that a healthy baby and coming through it healthy myself was the most important thing, so if it ended in csection it wouldnt be bad. I had 2 very smooth vaginal births. But if you go into it feeling negative, then you'd be amazed how much that mindset works against you during the process.

I was induced at 41 weeks and It was fine, just wanted the baby out

I was more than happy to be induced

I was induced twice with pessary and it didn't work. Doctors told me to go home and rest. They said they can wait for 10 days over the due date. I was so scared to be induced. But luckily baby came one day before induction

I've had labours with both with and without induction and I found with induction it was more painful, however I had a medical need after hitting nearly 42 weeks and a 10lb plus baby and chronic pain issues.

I had a very positive induction experience but still prefer not to be induced if I'm blessed to have a second