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That is the question!
That’s all I’ve got going on my mind right now gang.
Any thoughts/opinions? Please share below.
and in the meantime, please get up and go for a walk and/or run FOR me, okay? I definitely appreciate it! 
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November 21st, 2009 at 5:28 pm 1
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November 21st, 2009 at 6:27 pm 2
After I put the kiddos to bed, I will get on a treadmill.
As far as induce, I let nature takes its course. However, if you are dilated over 4 cm and your Dr. thinks it is time. I remember scheduling induction for Sunday on a Thursday, and going that night after a cm check. Sometimes that makes the process start. Spicy foods, “relations”, walks make things happen too. Will be thinking of you.
November 21st, 2009 at 6:27 pm 3
Well you know what I did:) And no, I’m not running for you. I’m still walking funny, lol! Sending speedy delivery thoughts your way (so you won’t have to make the decision!)!!
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November 21st, 2009 at 6:57 pm 4
That can only be answered by you.
I was induced with every single one of my 7 kids. All of them were past my due dates though, except my sixth who was induced a couple of days before due to my high blood pressure.
Good luck!
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November 21st, 2009 at 10:35 pm 5
i always ask to have my membranes stripped. have you had that yet? with my last two, the baby came within two days, right before i was going to be induced. it is a little painful but i recommend it…
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November 22nd, 2009 at 12:04 am 6
have sex ….and walk walk walk, i think i had my membranes stripped….and then doc broke my water with her hand…..and out came baby
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November 22nd, 2009 at 12:35 am 7
I was induced with my second, and actually had a mostly pleasant experience! But it IS a personal decision. If your cupping your pregnant tummy in your hands and yelling “Get out, already!” that might be a sign that want to induce, lol!
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:16 am 8
Tough call! My 1st was born premature so I learned that babies need to be in there as long as possible… But I can totally understand how uncomfy things are because my 2 nd was born full term. Good luck with everything!
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November 22nd, 2009 at 12:32 pm 9
That is such a tough question. It really depends on how far along you are etc. With my first, I was strongly opposed to induction. So many of my friends had been induced only to end up with c-sections. When my water broke, they put me on pitocin anyway and I pushed for three hours. I was close to a c-section.
For my second, I was still against induction. I felt that it might result in a similar three-hour pushing session, which was the hardest thing I ever did. My doctor reassured me that delivery of this second baby would be easier. My dr was afraid that baby #2 would be bigger than my son (who was 9.5 lbs) and encouraged induction. I was already dilated 4 cm. I caved. The induction was easy peasy! I pushed for 4 minutes!
Sorry for the rambling. Honestly, you need to have a heart to heart with your OB and discuss your expectations.
Good luck!!!!
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November 22nd, 2009 at 5:37 pm 10
I had to be induced with all three…. but I fought it every step of the way. My last one was 9 days late!!! I hated being induced. It seemed so unnatural to me. I’d wait. See if your body will do what it’s supposed to.
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November 22nd, 2009 at 8:37 pm 11
thinking about you…
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November 22nd, 2009 at 11:42 pm 12
I had a c-section, but I know a lot of people induce to make sure there doctor is there. Sometimes you could go into labor and end up with the on-call doctor….
I think it’s a personal thing….
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November 23rd, 2009 at 1:54 am 13
Induced with all four…but I went about a week past my due date with all four, too.
If I could’ve avoided it, I probably would have. It does increase risk. But I think not AS much with subsequent children.
That said, if I had to do it all over again, I’d choose induction any day over waiting any longer past my due date!
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:39 am 14
I was induced with my first (and only thus far) and it was great. I didn’t have any meds to induce labor, the doctor just ‘broke my water.’ But my water had actually broken a few days prior and I was past 4 cm and 90%. I know not all inductions go this well, but I had my baby within a few hours and it was a piece of cake for me. Good luck! I may induce with this one because I’m afraid of giving birth on the side of the highway. I don’t think I would’ve known I was in labor with #1, had I been at home.
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:32 pm 15
We induced because the baby was under distress. I gave birth in less than 9 hours after and I highly recommend it. LOL! I got it over with so quickly…no 20 hours of labor for me.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 3:33 pm 16
BTW…I only pushed 3 times.
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November 24th, 2009 at 2:07 am 17
I chose to be induced 2 weeks early. I have absolutely no threshhold for pain and I was most certainly done being pregnant…I could hardly move from my aches at night. The doctor gave me the go ahead and once I got past the guilt other poeple tried to lay on me, it was the right decision for me.
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