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from:msnbc.comThe rate of induced labor among U.S. pregnant women nearly doubled between 1992 and 2003 - a trend that seems to have pushed more births to the earlier end of full-term, a new study finds.
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According to the nurses I work with they also induce because Dr. So-in-so want to play gold that weekend.
And because the parents want a tax write off. That's what one of my ex-boyfriends parents did with him. Asked to be induced, so he'd be born early enough they could claim him on their taxes. He was born on December 31 - about an hour before midnight (it almost didn't work for them).
Don't think it's only so doctor's can dictate their schedule - there are parents that do this also.
Induction should only happen when it's medically necessary.
I know. That stuff about it MIGHT be possible that some inductions are scheduled for convenience and is uncommon is BS. If I had to to guess, I'd say it is AT LEAST in the 50% range if not higher. It isn't just the doctors either. I know plenty of women who want their babies delivered at a convenient time or who get tired of waiting for week 40 and they just want it all over with. No matter how much I have tried to talk them out of it and to wait at least to week 41 to consider inducing, they won't have any of it.
My last child (delivered last month) was supposed to be delivered by induction because of fears of pre-eclampsia. I had all the reasons for doing a justified, medically necessary induction and still I fought it. Luckily, my daughter came on her own the afternoon before they wanted to induce. Thank G-d.
It is a very scary trend. It's all about convenience and not about the concern for the baby. Doctors plan them so they can work it around their schedule. Parents ask for specific days to work around their schedule. Don't get me started about the elective C-Sections that are performed for no other reasons that convenience and so people have "pretty babies".
Okay obstetricians, it works like this:
72 is a "normal" pulse rate. But a pulse of 65 or 76 is not abnormal.
Babies are individuals. They develop at different rates. Unless the gestation period is extreme, you can safely consider it normal and depend on good old mother nature to pop that baby when the baby is ready.
As for you women who want to schedule delivery like you scheduled date night with your husbands, please... buy a baby-wetsie doll. They look very realistic these days. You can cover it up and carry it around with a diaper bag at Wal-Mart and people will think you have a real baby and you'll get all the smiles and attention. That's all you really want anyway.
And this is why myself, my daughter and friends had our babies at home with midwives. Midwives are fantastic! No pressure. Nice calm atmosphere.
I've had both-with my first child I had a OB GYN-with my second child I had a mid-wife.
The OB GYN would call and cancel my appointments-this happened MANY times. Appointments were rushed, the doctor doesn't have time for discussion. The quality of care was poor-when I called the Dr. Office late in my pregnancy to report I was having vision problems, and actually had to pull over my car on my way to work because I couldn't see-and even told them what my blood pressure was because one of the nurses where I worked was concerned and took my blood pressure-THEY TOLD ME TO GO HOME AND REST AND CALL THEM THE NEXT DAY. Guess it wasn't convienent for them. The next day, my symptoms were even worse-so they told me to come in and my husband had to drive me an HOUR to some other hospital that the doctor was at-only to find out that I had SEVERE toxemia. Then-MY doctor wasn't who delivered my child!
As for midwives-I have nothing but GOOD to say about them. They actually CARE. I don't think I would have ended up with severe toxemia if I had had a mid-wife the first time. I never had an appointment canceled, the mid-wives always took their time during my appointments to discuss concerns etc, and I wasn't abandoned by my mid-wife when it was time to deliver!
I tell everyone-GET A MID-WIFE!!
To me it seems that this "study" didn't really answer any questions or find any earth shattering evidence. All it did was raise more questions and serve as a scare tactic for anyone who would dare induce a pregnancy. I hope it is just the reporting that was done on the study and not the study it's self that makes it seem so.
You are either...
a) a man
b) uninformed
c) never been pregnant
you forgot
D) an OBGYN trained in the business of baby birthing.
Early inductions also increase the incidence of C-sections because some unborn babies develop "fetal distress" due to the speeded-up process and the probability that the cervix is not yet ready to dialate fully.
Mothers-to-be should be clearly warned about this possibility because if they wanted a vaginal birth (usually healthier for both mother and baby), having their labor sped up could force the need for an unwanted emergency C-section.
I know a woman who had labor induced so that her second child would not have the same birthday as her first child.
There are those women who smoke and drink during pregnancy and starve themselves so they dont gain weight, then have early induced labor to avoid those extra pounds the final weeks. Then they have children who are small, health problems (testicles not descended)(teeth rotted before they even come in), etc. All so that they can look like a "trophy wife" immediately following child birth.
This is one of the many reasons why I have chosen a homebirth with a midwife for my third and last child. I'm so sick and tired of arguing with hospitals and OBGYN's about this stuff. I'll be so much less stressed during my baby's birth.
YUp.
You made the best choice-I've had both and the care mid-wives provide is SUPERIOR!
"Induced labors may boost rate of early births"
This is the stupidest headline I have ever seen. To induce labor basically means to cause the birth before the mothers body is ready, so aren't all induced labors really early births?
My daughter was induced in 1997 at 40 weeks for "convenience" and now lives with cerebral palsy. The induction agent of choice - highly recommended by our doctor - was Cytotec. During the last hellacious 10 minutes, my placenta detached, leaving our precious one without oxygen for several minutes. Apgars were 1 and 2. Pregnancy perfect to that point. Did anyone else out there have cytotec (misoprostol) used? NEVER should be given as a VBAC, as I was! Terrible advice, but not "malicious." Some legal action was taken successfully...We live with this every minute of every day, but still, God is good.
Is it any wonder we ranked so poorly when compared to the rest of the world for infant mortality?
IMO, best case scenario-homebirth midwife. Second best--KNOW the YOU as the mama are in fact in control of your body and labor even in the hospital. The doctor works for you, NOT the other way around!
Glad to see that so many other people out there get it. I've seen so many women fall into the trap of induction simply because it was offered. Any woman who has gone full term knows how difficult those last few weeks are, and here comes the doctor offering a supposedly easy end to all that. Not surprising that most of them also happen to end up with C-Sections.
I've had five kids, all naturally, but I had to fight for every one of them to be that way. Three were 'late', and I had to argue with the doctors about induction. Another my water broke and I had to leave the hospital against medical advice, she was born two weeks later at term perfectly healthy. My last child was born at 37 weeks naturally, and has some of the problems noted in the article.
I wish that the medical profession would see childbirth as what it is...a natural function of the body that requires little intervention unless there are serious problems.
Good for you!! I can only imagine how hard you had to fight to leave the hospital with your water broken!
I learned a few years ago in a holistic nursing class that it is believed that the reason women develop infections after their water has broken is because of internal exams; these bring in the bacteria responsible for the infections. Certainly, they didn't think that just because they are wearing gloves that the procedure is sterile?!