Your guide to a more positive and informed induction experience
My doctor wanted to induce at 37 weeks due to gestational hypertension. I asked if we could do 37 + 1 because the 37 week mark was my son’s second birthday. As fate would have it, my blood pressure spiked the morning of my son’s birthday and we had to go to the hospital that day anyways. It was a busy day there so I spent about nine hours in triage before they decided...
We made the decision to induce at 38+2 after a continued drop in percentiles and some issues with my bp (Blood Pressure). I was under private care although was also seeing a private midwife separately because I was really chasing that midwife focused care. After lots of discussions back and forth, lots of questions, I felt confident that being induced was the right choice for us at that time. My OB never made me...
Long story… I want to start by thanking this group of Mama’s for all your positive induction stories, without this group I honestly don’t think I would have had such an empowering and positive induction experience! We found out we were pregnant just before the first lockdown in March after returning from travelling the world for 6 months prior and we were so excited! I suffered extreme morning sickness for the first 13 weeks...
My first birth was spontaneous and our daughter was born at 42 wks plus one day. Birth had started in the early hours before the day we were due to be induced for post-dates however it was a long birth and she arrived at 42 wks exactly it was a pretty traumatic birth experience and I was keen to avoid that second time. 4 years later and we didn’t share our due date, I...
Thanks to Shona for sharing this beautiful birth story with us. I’m so please you got to use the pool, accessibility of pools with induction varies greatly, so check what’s available locally. For the most part, my pregnancy was normal, healthy and low risk. All scans had been perfect and my midwife was happy with all my stats at every appointment. At 34 weeks I went to a routine midwife appointment and found that...
Hi everyone, I just thought I would share my pregnancy and birth story. I’ve written it mostly whilst feeding Eliza in the night and it’s been so lovely to get it all down. I never want to forget how amazing it all was! (Apologies, it’s a long one! But I wanted to give a bit of background). Eliza is my second baby; her older brother Joseph has just turned 3. He weighed 7lbs 12oz...
