To Induce or Not to Induce
The baby is still staunchly refusing to put in an appearance. He is clearly a great believer in being fashionably late- or he takes after me and is just going to be late-as-usual.
Of course it may well be that he is refusing to come out because the dreaded outlaws are coming down this weekend. Originally they had said that they would pop down once he was born, to say hello then go back home, book some leave and come down for a week after I had gone back to work so that we had some time alone with the new baby and MC wouldn't be left on her own to cope with two lots of nappies once my leave was up.
All of a sudden that changed this week when they rang up and announced that they were coming down on Friday, staying over then going home Sunday. All well and good, but if the baby doesn't arrive they try to induce ten days after the due date. Ten days would take us to this Saturday, so if they induce then he won't be born until Sunday which of course is when they are going back. Spot the deliberate error? While MC was talking to her mum on the phone she was explaining about the procedure they go through to induce a baby as GF had needed to be induced when she was born. However MC's mum started to insist that GF had not needed to be induced and had come along normally. Now MC, having been there, giving birth etc, could quite clearly remember the fact that GF needed to be induced, as can I, so you would think that that alone would be enough to convince MC's mum that she might be wrong about this- but no.
What makes it even stranger is the fact that MC's mum was there too, as she was staying with us at the time.
Of course it may well be that he is refusing to come out because the dreaded outlaws are coming down this weekend. Originally they had said that they would pop down once he was born, to say hello then go back home, book some leave and come down for a week after I had gone back to work so that we had some time alone with the new baby and MC wouldn't be left on her own to cope with two lots of nappies once my leave was up.
All of a sudden that changed this week when they rang up and announced that they were coming down on Friday, staying over then going home Sunday. All well and good, but if the baby doesn't arrive they try to induce ten days after the due date. Ten days would take us to this Saturday, so if they induce then he won't be born until Sunday which of course is when they are going back. Spot the deliberate error? While MC was talking to her mum on the phone she was explaining about the procedure they go through to induce a baby as GF had needed to be induced when she was born. However MC's mum started to insist that GF had not needed to be induced and had come along normally. Now MC, having been there, giving birth etc, could quite clearly remember the fact that GF needed to be induced, as can I, so you would think that that alone would be enough to convince MC's mum that she might be wrong about this- but no.
What makes it even stranger is the fact that MC's mum was there too, as she was staying with us at the time.
posted by The Neath at 9:09 pm
6 Comments:
I hope your baby has now made an appearance on the world stage, and that he/she is even more beautiful than expected. I will pray for you.
In the next few weeks I need to find a way to tell my parents that my wife is expecting our 7th baby without casuing them undue stress. Tricky.
God bless!
still no kid, eh? i dare him to beat my record of 15 days late. :)
good luck with everything.
All this inducing is slightly dark and disturbing - because I can't believe (unless you have sex infrequently and keep meticulous records) that it's that easy to pin-point the due date - and if they're more than 10 days out with the calculation, they may be trying to induce at or before term. I can understand doing it if the baby's very large or if there are complications, but there seem to be a lot of procedures these days done for the benefit of the health service, not the mother or baby.
Cheers Saintsimon- Not sure I could cope with 7!!! Good luck.
Hi Aliemalie- 15!? I won't tell MC that, I think she would kill me if that happened.
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Hi Sarah- Very true and the media doesn't help matters, especially with some of the other procedures available during birth. The other pressure of course comes from the lack of available hospital beds and trained midwifes which is embarrasingly laughable.
sarah neath is obsesive and does keep a record the dirty perv!
All too infrequently.
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