Okay here's the long post! I posted it to my journal and I am expecting some people to have strong opinions... that's ok! Nervous to post to my due date thread because would be some VERY strong opinions on there (super negative toward my dr for sure which is ok but don't want to start any arguments!), so will probably post something much shorter on there instead!!!
Okay had my dr appt yesterday and now I am sorta stressed!! So apparently at 39+4 with Siena, day before my induction when I checked into the hospital.... I was already having contractions and they picked up the monitor. I couldnt remember if they were definitely contractions or if I just THOUGHT they were. Anyway, so they were. And I was also 3 or 4 cm dilated?? Dr was reading his notes. What I don't get is how come I had to wait for epidural? Bc dr said yeah I could have gotten it right away.
Ok so I'm skipping ahead... I'll back up.
He checks me and I'm 1.5 cm dilated. But still 'hard' and 'high'. Not effaced etc. But dilated some so that's something. Then dr pulls out his phone and is like 'ok so Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday works for me...' and I'm like thinkin huh???? Ok waitaminute is he suggesting induction?? So I'm like 'oh for an induction?' And he says 'yeah, looks like your due date is Friday but I won't be here... I leave to go out of town Thursday maybe or Friday and will be gone all weekend'. Um ok. Great. So he says this to the woman who has ALREADY said she didn't want to induce at her last appt. And says it like its fact. Pick a day. Gah. And then I'm confused because it sounded like I didn't really have much progression other than some dilation? He had to stick his ARM up in my it seemed like because cervix was so freakin high lol. That didn't seem to bother him. I'd read about all the 'signs' of a 'ready' cervix etc and seemed like I only met one qualification??
So then he reviews the last birth etc. And that's when we talk about the epidural. And now I'm like ok IF I do induce, I can have epidural possibly right away if already dilated enough? And he agrees and says wouldn't be any reason I couldnt. Ok then why did I have to wait last time??? Argh. So obviously me being clueless meant I didn't get it as soon. Lovely. Bc yeah he said it wouldn't have slowed things... I even asked would it possibly have changed how long I pushed since that part went so fast and he said not correlated. Hmm.
Ok so I'm going back for an appt Monday morning to get checked. That'll be decision time I guess?? What I'm hoping is something happens BEFORE then. Come on Sprout!! An elective c section just to convenience my dr seems ludicrous. I said ok what happens if I wait until my due date? Well there's another dr but I've never met him... and I think he's oldddd?? He's who Tammy used to see before switching to a newer doc. And my dr was like really wanting to induce me, saying how he really wants to 'be there for me'. Ok thats nice. But you're the one leaving the day before my due date. So... yeah... you really CARE.
I'm not like super concerned about the threat of c section etc due to an elective c section.. but would be nice if he at least WARNED me about stuff like that versus me having to research and talk to people. Bc I also read that pitocin, being unnatural, doesn't tell the body to produce endorphins.... which in natural labor, that's what counteracts the PAIN so that the contractions don't hurt as much.. your body is made to labor and it tries to make the process easier. When you speed it up unnaturally, it hurts more!! My dr was like 'its labor, it'll hurt either way'. Um ok you havent HAD a baby. Pain is not JUST pain. There's pain. And then there's MORE pain. I'd prefer less, thankyouverymuch!! Because yeah having that day of contractions and not even KNOWING for sure that they were contractions... those were so miniscule on the pain scale compared to the pitocin contractions!! So if I could do natural to 4 cm and then get an epidural... that seems better than forcing it with pitocin and putting my body through hell to GET to 4 cm so that I can get an epidural.
Ok so obviously I've got a lot on my mind... I stressed out a bunch before my induction last time and I'm thinking ok maybe that helped put me into labor... so maybe I can do that AGAIN! So yeah no more calm as a cucumber. I need STRESS and ANXIETY lol. Hey, I'm good at that.
Oh when I listed possible natural inducing methods, only one dr agreed on was sex. So guess that's on the agenda. And he strongly advised against breast pump... so that's off the table. It CAN work, but can cause fetal distress and such so only something to do if in hospital setting etc. Interesting. Because yeah from on here I know people doing it! Also doing herbal stuff etc which he didn't want me doing either... all that stuff worried him and talked about how its really hard to monitor etc.
Final result? Hoping I go into labor before Wednesday! Otherwise, hoping I've progressed more by Mon morning appt. A lot to think about.
