induction 37-38 weeks!

I'm from the US and I do not want to scare you. My doctor mentioned that I could get induced at 39 weeks, when I asked him if there is any specific recommendation he said it's just generally recommended. Well my baby was measuring in the 99% so I wish you would have educated me more. I wanted to wait to see if I would go into labor naturally and I did not. I basically made it to 42 weeks after 2 weeks of asking the doctor if I could schedule an induction but it was too late at that point. My baby got too big and I had to schedule a C-section instead to avoid complications.

I would see how your baby is measuring and talk to your doctor about it and your physiology because inducing before 40 weeks certainly reduces the chances of needing a C-section for many people. I wish I would have gotten that education beforehand from my doctor and scheduled my induction much earlier. I heard that it can be more uncomfortable and painful than natural labor but if this is your first baby you wouldn't know the difference

I'm in the UK and I was induced at 37-38 weeks due to iugr, it was with the balloon and the drip, it was a positive experience. It did end with episiotomy (expected for a first time mom) and forceps (fetal distress) but honeslty I don't have a bad memory. If I had to be induced again, I would