Week 38 - What's Going On in There?

My doctor was willing to talk induction at this appointment, but typically without marked progressive cervical changes, he will not oblige until 41 weeks when placenta deterioration and meconium stained fluid become a concern.

Fortunately for me, my cervical changes make induction very favorable at 39 weeks. I'm on standby for induction on Wednesday, March 15. I have had a very hard time convincing beloved family members that induction is much more natural for both mother and child than "spontaneous" labor, and have been bombarded with a lot of guilt-inducing hippie propaganda about how induction isn't "natural" or "good for the baby".

Leisurely packing your hospital bag, and calmly driving to the hospital for a fresh squeezed glass of Pitocin-spiked OJ is exactly what nature intended all along. You can't let the baby dictate when or where you will go into labor. If you start allowing that kind of permissive behavior this early, the baby will walk all over you. Permitting babies to come and go as they please under the guise of "it's natural" only empowers and encourages them to do other "natural" things like crapping whenever they feel like it, or screaming just because they're hungry. Ladies, stand up to your babies and induce them right on out of there at your convenience. After all this is your pregnancy. They'll thank you for it later.

Dilation: 3 cms
Effacement: 80%
Station: -2
Baby's Position: Head Down
Baby's Estimated Weight: 6.5 - 7 lbs