Concerned pregnant woman writes "I am wanting as natural of a child birth as possible but have the opportunity to be induced a week early , I had a very difficult first delivery and ended up tearing so severely they wanted to do reconstructive surgery. Do I induce a week early in hopes that baby will fit or do I wait go into labor on my own to have a more natural and less medically induced experience?."
Dear Concerned, First off I have no real medical knowledge so always make sure you talk to your doctor, doula or midwife first. My advice would be to induce. Looking at your past history I would say that you will save yourself a lot of pain if you go with inducement. Let's say you forgo the inducement you let baby come when he or she is ready and you tear again is this going to help you bond better with baby or will you feel resentment? You are no less of a good mom if you induce, this is coming from a women who had three c-sections one v-bac . Good luck and happy delivery!
My recommendation would be to have your midwife strip your membranes and then attack your husband to try and help labor along. Also nipple stimulation and lots of walking, if that doesn't work then maybe look into a medical induction.
ReplyDeleteI say why go through the pain if you don't have to? You just get to enjoy your little one with a little less pain.
ReplyDeleteI was induced with both my kids. My first because of preeclampsia, and my second because I was headed down that same road. Although I had an epidural with my oldest, I had absolutely no pain killers with the next one. I can't say it was easy or painless (it was however about 12 hours faster) but I would say that just because you're being induced doesn't mean it can't be a natural experience.
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