To determine
if labor induction is necessary, your health care provider will evaluate several factors, including your health, your baby's health, your baby's gestational age, weight and size, your baby's position in the uterus, and the status of your cervix.
If labor induction fails, you might need to try another induction or have a C - section.
Not exact matches
I actually had one doctor in Wheeling tell me that
if I refused * any * of the procedures she considers standard (including
induction right at 40 weeks, an IV, and constant fetal monitoring), that she will refuse to deliver my child, even
if I'm in the maternity ward and in active
labor!
If induction or Pitocin is used any time during
labor, the contraction strength is increased beyond the body's control and more pressure can be put on the baby's head for longer periods of time.
These tests will help determine
if your practitioner needs to intervene with an
induction of
labor for the health of your baby or let your pregnancy continue.
If you are already at full term, your doctor will most likely recommend an
induction of
labor.
If you've undergone
induction of
labor or gone into
labor on your own but your baby will not deliver for some reason (such as a disparity between the size of your baby's head and the size of your pelvis) you may require a C - section.
If she'd gone to a CNM or OB and had
induction in the hospital somewhere around 41 weeks, she'd probably have had a less comfortable
labor and delivery, not felt that her care provider was her BFF — and had a baby without brain damage.
They said
if I went into
labor before the
induction date, to not pass go or collect $ 200, but go straight to the hospital so I could get the full dose of antibiotics before baby came.
If the water breaks after 36 weeks and one does not proceed into
labor in a reasonable period of time, then
induction of
labor is indicated.
Class 4: The Onset of
Labor: Your «Guess Date» and Normal Length of Pregnancy; Preparing for your Birthing Day; Signs of Birthing Beginning; Amniotic Membranes Breaking — Your Safe Choices; True vs. «False»
Labor; How to Time Your Birthing Waves (contractions); Your Birth Log; When to go to the Birth Place; Automatic Comfort and Relaxation on «The Drive» and Arrival at Your Place of Birth (
if out of your home; Hypno - Guardians; Nurses — the Unsung Heroes; Using Hypnosis for Comfort During Internal Exams; Dilation, Effacement, Position and Station of Baby; The Beautiful Progress of
Labor, Including Fast, Average and Slow or Stalled
Labor; Artificial
Induction and Natural
Induction Techniques; Creating a Safe and Serene Birthing Environment; Nausea Elimination; Optimum Fetal Positioning.
If you induce at 41 weeks, the proper comparator is expectant management at 41 weeks or even maybe
induction at an earlier gestation, but not spontaneous
labor at an earlier gestation because demonstrably that did not happen.
For example, even
if you are low risk,
if you have a Pitocin
induction of
labor you will likely have continuous external monitoring.
Doctors will push
induction, often weeks prior to your due date,
if baby measures larger than expected - and won't be very happy about you
laboring and birthing at home on your own time (and baby's).
But
if your doctor decides to kickstart
labor via
induction, you'll probably be giving birth really soon!
But
if you are like the majority of women who do not have reasons for
induction, the safest option for you and your baby is to wait for
labor to begin on its own.
If there are valid medical reasons for
labor induction, your health care provider will discuss with you the benefits of immediate delivery versus continuing the pregnancy for the health of your baby.
It was a quick
labor and delivery, with only four hours from when my
induction started to when my baby was born, and from that moment on, I started to wonder
if a third birth would be too fast for an epidural.
So do not rush to request
induction of
labor, and
if a doctor suggests inducing
labor, ask why.
If you're pregnant, understanding why and how
labor induction is done can help you prepare.
As the pregnancy progresses,
if other circumstances arise that may change the risks or benefits of TOLAC (eg, need for
labor induction), these should be addressed.
Sometimes
if labor is induced too early, the baby can become distressed because of how mom reacts to medical
induction and anxiety over delivery.
Labor induction may be recommended
if the health of the mother or fetus is at risk.
In a study with more than 6,100 pregnant women across the country, researchers randomly assigned half of the women to an expectant management group (waiting for
labor to begin on its own and intervening only
if problems occur) and the other half to a group that would undergo an elective
induction (inducing
labor without a medical reason) at 39 weeks of gestation.
This went on for the next half - hour, the
inductions of sickness coming and going at an ever - quickening pace, as
if I was entering into the advanced stages of
labor.
According to the doctor there are no signs that I will go into
labor in the next week, so he scheduled me for an
induction on Wednesday
if nothing happens before then.