Induction

It was sort of ironic timing that this article was posted on my Expecting Club Message Board....I was in the bathroom at work today talking with a woman who sits in my row (not in my department, and just moved there so I don't know her really well) and she asked how I was doing.


I said doing well, any day now, 1 week until my due date and up to 3 weeks until she is here for sure. and she goes, why would your doctor let you go so far over. I said well because it's better for her to come on her own then have to be induced.

As we were leaving the bathroom she goes, by the end I was so ready to be done that I had them induce me just to get it over with.....While that's fine for some women and sometimes necessary, I really don't want to do it just out of convenience. Peanut will come when she does and if she isn't here by August 24th then we will choose to induce.

So when this article was posted it was only fitting. It's mainly talking about how women who are induced for no medical reason are 2 times as likely to end up in C-section. Rather interesting read.

Here is a link to the article
Too Many C-Sections: Docs Rethink Induced Labor

and here is some interesting text from the article

"Now obstetrics experts are actively seeking ways to drive down the number of C-sections. On July 21, the ACOG issued new guidelines recommending that hospitals allow most mothers who desire vaginal birth after cesarean, or VBAC, to attempt a trial of labor, including some mothers who are carrying twins or have had two prior C-sections. Despite studies showing VBAC to be safe for most women — ACOG data suggests that 60% to 80% of women who attempt VBAC will succeed — many hospitals have urged women to undergo a repeat cesarean over the past decade, largely to avoid medical risks and malpractice suits.

Another factor contributing to high C-section rates is the increase in induced labor, especially between 37 weeks and 38 weeks of gestation — a period obstetricians describe as "early term." (While any birth between 37 weeks and 41 weeks is considered full term, some experts distinguish the earlier period.) The use of labor induction in the U.S. has risen from less than 10% of deliveries to more than 22%, between 1990 and 2006, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and research suggests that induced labor results in C-sections more often than natural labor. A study published in the July issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology found that among more than 7,800 women giving birth for the first time, those whose labor was induced were twice as likely to have a C-section delivery as those who experienced spontaneous labor."