schedualed c/s or induction - my opion.....whats yours

Jamie wrote: well my opion on this is that it is very wrong and uncalled for, if you or your dr. schedule this just for convenience sack, you need professional help, the only reason i see it as ok if there is a medical reason, to me thats the only good reason for these procedures. i know this will most likely cause a big argument but oh well so many ppl now a day are doing this cuz the unknown is an inconvienunce(sp) and it doent fit into their schedule, let nature take its course, if you cant do that (unless there is medical reason) then for gods sack dont have babies, you only put the baby at risk.
thats my opion!!!!!! i know alot will disagree with my opion but im intitled to it. right?!

MomofTay&Sam replied: Yes you are intitled to it.
I have had two c/s, first was emergency and the second was MY choice. After hearing all the facts I am glad I went thru with it too. My insides were a mess and the doc said he was 98% for sure that I would never of had Sammy safely. I personally thought it safer for the surgery than play the wait and see game.

Jamie replied: see though....to me that is under the medical reason and risk to the baby.......if its absolutley nessessary, i have no problems with it, thats my point

Mommieto2Girls replied: Everyone is intitled to their own opinion. I was induced because of high blood pressure that wouldn't go down, then had to have a emergency c-section 23 hours later.

Mommieto2Girls replied: I think I heard somewhere that it is safer for a baby to be delivered by c-section cause they don't have the stress of going through the birth canel and there are alot more complications that can happen with a vaginal, alough there is more risk I think for the mother to go through the c-section than a vaginal birth.

supermom replied: Actually, it is safer for both mom and baby to do a vaginal because of risks involved.

Yes, I am very much hoping for a VBAC - have had 2 emergency c/s (my first and last) and didn't like the idea of another, but still it's a "wait and see" thing and might end up with another C/S anyways. But at least we're going to give it a shot.

IMHO it's so much easier to recover from a Vaginal birth than it is for a C/S (even though I was back to our store when Anders was just over 48 hours old, C/S and all) it still takes so much longer for your body to get back "into shape".

All in all, though, like my OB keeps telling me, the end desired result is the birth of a healthy baby at the least risk to the mother and babe and that's all that counts.

CantWait replied: well I have to say Jamie, if baby wasn't here a week before DH was sceduled to return overseas I would have had a sceduled induction....labor is bad enough, labor without DH there would have been trecherous. He would have been overdue eitherway so the only risks involved would have been a long labor, and therefore having to go through a c/s.

MommyToAshley replied: I was induced because they thought Ashley was overdue. As Cantwait said, there are risks involved with going overdue too long. My Ped said no longer than a week overdue. However, as it turns out, Ashley was right on time... she still had some of the vernix (sp?) which indicates she wasn't overdue. She was a big baby, and if I hadn't been induced then I probabley would have had to have a c-section because she barely fit out as it was. LOL

MomToMany replied: I agree with you, Jamie! They shouldn't schedule c-sections just for the sake of convenience. I was induced (Pitocin with #2, just rupturing my membranes with #1 & #3) with my first 3, and I was well past my due date. #2 was 15 days past, and #3 was 17 days past (I was SO miserable!). I've never needed a c-section, and the thought of one makes me cringe. But I can also see the medical necessity of them to save mom and/or baby. But just so the baby can go to school a certain year, or meet the cut-off point for something else (end of the year, so you get a tax deduction, for example), I think it's ridiculous. I would need a valid reason to have one, and then I'd get a second opinion. The thought of surgery scares me, so I guess I'm a wimp! I'm expecting again in March, and hopefully this will be another natural delivery.

Yes, you are entitled to your opinions, and the freedom to express them, too !

jdkjd replied: I was induced at 38 weeks. I had been dilated 3 cm for a month and on bedrest and we thought Bailey was going to be a big baby. She was 7 lbs at 38-I don't know if I could have pushed out anything larger.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Do what you think is best. But...after all....it is your DW going through the pain...so she should of course have a right to demand what she wants. If there is a medical necessity for a C-section, then so be it...but I think that a normal vaginal birth is the best way to go. That's MY opinion!



Goo dluck!

Jamie replied: thats my point.....unless theres medical reason!!!!! I really hope i didnt offend or hurt anyone, and if i did, im sorry i didnt mean too, just stating my opion cuz im seeing(reading) about all these ladies with schedualed c/s or inductions for no real good reason.the only reason they give is because the due date does not fit in with their doc's schedule or sometimes even their own schedule and it just blows my mind. i totaly understand the "nessesary" and reasons why some of you had to have these done, because there is good reasons and even medical reason, i just dont understand why ppl do it just for the sack of getting the baby out early, let nature take its course.
Yesturday DW talked to her doc about inducing cuz she doesnt want to be induced and he said he wont until like 42 wks but he also said that she wont even make it to the due date(8/18) cuz of how far the baby has already dropped
so again im sorry if i offended/hurt anyone, it was not my intention

Jamie

mckayleesmom replied: I think I read somewhere that they are going to start a law where doctors have to induce if a woman is over 42 weeks because too many babies are dying cause doctors wait to long and the babies end up still born from lack of fluid. Anybody else read about that?

MommyToAshley replied:
I didn't read about the law, but my Ped thought I was further along than I was and I was induced. There is also a risk of them having a bowel in utero if they are overdue, which is not good.

mckayleesmom replied: I know I read it somewhere, I just don't remember where. The thought to create the law came after a doctor let a woman go a month overdue and the baby ended up still born

CantWait replied: I haven't read that either, but there are certainly more risks involved for both the mother and the baby if gestation goes over 42 weeks.

Guest_¤Heather¤ replied: I, personally wouldn't schedule myself to be induced or for a c-section. But that is me. (However, I almost opted for a c-section, when Alison got stuck and I pushed for 4 hours...luckily she was stable enought to withstand it). I would rather have my baby vaginally. There are a lot of advantages of having a baby vaginally. But there are risks as well (such as having a baby that is too large...this can cause a lot of nerve damage if forced into a birth canal), just as there are for a c-section. I always remember way back in school when we were told that one major advantage of a vaginal delivery is that the tight squeeze of the birth canal helps to eliminate a lot of the fluids in the baby's lungs. I do find it odd that "some" people do do this out of convenience. But that is just the way the world works these days I guess. We are always in a rush

I have never read about the 42 week thing either...interesting...I never knew it to be a law just a common practice.