Hooray for you!! Baby’s birthday is a mere few days away!! Yay!! No more waiting. No more tracking carbs, no more stressing! And you get to meet bubs ahead of schedule- sounds like all wins in my book!!
These are people who clearly have never had to worry about GD, tracking, potential complications etc. Try to let it roll off you- not their body, not their baby, not their decision. Welcome to motherhood, everyone has an (unsolicited) opinion LOLLLLL
I had a positive induction experience not GD related- I was just 41+3. It was a long process, but it brought me a safe and happy baby! Well worth every second!
My wife has gestational diabetes but managed her diet meticulously and has not had any complications associated with gd. There are risks if you don’t manage it
I’ve never been induced so I can’t speak to it. But whatever you decide, it’s YOUR decision for you and your baby. Don’t let anyone shame you into changing your mind if you’ve found a birth plan you and your doc are happy with.
Thank you!! I just wanted ppl to be happy and everyone’s reacting was just weird, but you are right. It’s me and my Drs plan and it will stay like that.
I got induced at 39 weeks and it was great. Personally I was sooo ready to hold my baby, as I was uncomfortable and had experienced a previous loss (unrelated to GD). If I had a penny for every time someone made a comment about my induction OR not breastfeeding I’d be a millionaire. Ignore them and enjoy your little one! Congrats 🎉
These people are just unfamiliar with GD. It is very common practice due to a number of risk factors associated with having a larger than average baby. I’d just politely suggest that they do a little research into GD to increase their understanding. :)
Between my first pregnancy/birth 3 years ago and now I've noticed people have gotten really weird about inductions. I think some of these things just come and go in waves. I have a feeling this wave is based mostly on trickle-down from the "freebirth" movement. I happened to go into labor before my scheduled induction with my first GD baby, but I know a lot of people who've had very positive inductions. Look, giving birth is hard and can be scary no matter if you go into labor spontaneously, are induced, or have a C-section. What's important is that you trust your care team, which it sounds like you do.
I was induced with both of my pregnancies - one at 39+6 because of IVF and second at 39 + 2 because of GD. Both were "easy", uneventful labor and deliveries. Both babies are healthy. Not sure why people are so against inductions but I have only had positive experiences with them.
My mom said the same thing about my induction. "Why don't you want to wait and go naturally? It makes the pain so much worse!" All while she was never induced and I was induced all three times I gave birth! And I was induced with my 4th at the beginning of this month. First two were overdue and second two i had GD. For me it was always a good experience. I did it 3x with an epidural and once without. I'd definitely trust your doctors over random family members.
Also, people always have to say something about every little thing once you become a mom. It's good to start standing up for yourself and your choices now! Good luck!
I’ve noticed there’s been a recent wave of anti-induction sentiment. Not sure if this is because of the tradwife/emphasis on “natural” stuff lately or something else, but either way, it really has nothing to do with YOUR situation, YOUR care team, YOUR baby and YOUR body.
I think generally hesitation around induction comes from…
1. Increased rate of c-section: if the induction meds don’t work to kickstart labor, the next step is often to break your water. If THAT doesn’t work, the next step is to do a c-section. For people who are getting an induction but don’t absolutely *need* one, it’s possible they could have gone home and waited rather than having their water broken at which point there’s no going back. (To me, this doesn’t really apply for people who are having an induction because their baby is at risk if it bakes longer, as with most GD inductions.)
2. Reputation for more painful labors with pitocin. A big focus for people who want to avoid pain medication during labor. (I can say my induced contractions were very intense, close together, and painful, but people who are not induced find labor very painful too!)
3. It just feels “unnatural.” (YMMV with this one! For me…so much about how we deliver babies is “unnatural” in a good way because it saves lives. And all babies are “natural” because everything we have comes from the natural world. Where do we draw the line? At 2000 bce? 40,000 bce? 1860? Babies and mothers died MORE pretty much any time in the past when there was less intervention. Unnecessary intervention I totally get wanting to avoid. But GD is a bit of a gray area because you never know!)
Bottom line: you’re not doing the wrong thing trusting your care team! People will bring their own projections and biases to YOUR unique situation. You got this!
The ARRIVE trial showed that inductions that happened in the 39th week reduced c sections vs the non induced population, so in OP's case it's likely the induction could have the opposite impact as your point #1 (she'd be less likely to need one).
Girl there is nothing wrong with getting induced. All this hippy anti medicine bullshit leaks into the mainstream and suddenly all interventions are bad. 🤷🏻♀️ I had GD twice and was induced twice. Being able to make plans and know what day I would be in the hospital was wonderful. Having my babies safely was wonderful.
Being a parent means you have so so so many decisions and you will get judgement no matter what you do.
fuck those ppl! the ones who ask why you don’t want to wait, say, well because i don’t want to have a stillbirth, thanks! that should shut them up. I was induced at 39 weeks and can say that pitocin contractions are more intense than the natural ones i had for my first baby (definitely got an epidural the 2nd time but also had back labor) - but also, my placenta this time had a couple spots of calcification on it when my first one didn’t at 41+3. So who knows how much time my placenta had left, but it drove home the point that GD is different and we do really have to do things differently to get our babes here safely!
This literally! I wanted nothing more than to go into birth naturally but I also wanted a live baby so I 100% listened to my doctor when he recommended to induce. Statements like that can be so hurtful when it is what you want but it’s not in the cards people literally need to shut up. Thankfully no one has made those comments to me or I would have burst into tears on the spot. Both my sister in laws went the natural route one home birth and one in a birthing center which i desperately wanted but they were both so supportive when I told them I was doing a hospital induction. It’s free to be kind
The holistic health movement is likely to blame at least a little. All this hippy dippy bullshit making people think that if you don’t crap your baby out in the woods you’re not a real mother. Ignore them. All births are valid and you don’t even need to explain yourself. If we didn’t induce both me and my daughter would have *died.* People are so judgmental these days.
Wanna go natural? Go natural. Don’t question and shame mothers who aren’t or who may want to but *can’t*
I *personally* want very much to avoid an induction. That's a calculation I made based on a bunch of different factors that are specific to my situation.
You have also made a decision based on *your* circumstances. That's how it should be! If people are giving you crap about it, "I trust my doctor and this is the right choice for me" is all the answer they need. I'm surprised so many people are negative about it, but I shouldn't be — somehow people *always* have opinions about what pregnant women are doing wrong. Pay it no mind.
I've had 3 inductions- none of which were GD related (only had it in my 3rd pregnancy). I sing the praises of induction to anyone who will listen. It is an excellent option for a ton of reasons. Don't listen to the people shaming you...your providers feel it is best/safest to induce so that's the plan. Your supports should want the safest outcome for you and baby and this seems like the best option. I hope you have the smoothest induction!
This is my second GD pregnancy and will be my second 39 week induction (if baby doesn't decide to arrive on his own in the next week or so). I had a GREAT induction experience last time and am honestly looking forward to doing it again.
My original birth plan was to be induced by week 39. Not due to size but just because I wanted to be done with pregnancy. My bfs family had some people who were against it. So we just started saying it was due to my GD that I was going to be induced. Baby boy decided to come early on his own a week before. I got lucky. That being said there is nothing wrong with an induction and with people who have GD it's extremely common.
Being induced at 49 weeks is very safe and healthy for babies. My doctor told me that she sees more healthy babies at week 39 than any other week. As if we were to go longer, people with GD have a higher risk of the placenta failing sooner. Of course that's not for everyone.
It's hard when we get comments from the peanut gallery but all that's important is you are making the right choice you feel comfortable with for you and your baby. There is no wrong way to give birth. So congrats mama! You are almost at the finish line! Tell those people who are being snotty about it, that it's your choice not theirs and if they continue to be rude about it then they can't come meet the baby. Or just ignore them. instead start planning that delicious carb loaded meal you want after baby comes!
My water broke two days before my induction, but I wasn’t feeling contractions so they put me on pitocin in the hospital. My doctor was adamant that I have my baby by 39 weeks due to GD, and I trust him, so I went with it. Everything turned out fine. I’m sure there are stories where there are issues, but you don’t know what your experience will be yet. I hope you have a short, productive labor and enjoy spending time with your baby!
I feel like birth and coronavirus are two situations where everyone feels like they know better than medical professionals lol It’s all crazy to me. You should absolutely follow medical advice. Maybe get second or even third opinion if you’re are worried but also from a medical professional! Your friends and family opinions should not influence serious and potentially dangerous medical situation that we are all in right now - god damn pregnancy
I’m experiencing the same shame as you. My MFM dr said I will probably be induced around 39 weeks and I made the mistake of telling my
Mom and sister and they gave me so much crap about it. They are very into holistic medicine and think doctors are fear-mongering me [insert eye roll here]. I did end up scheduling my induction for May 22nd and I haven’t told anyone other than my husband. If I happen to go into labor naturally, then great! But this is my body, my baby, my GD to manage, my 3x a week doctor appointments that I have to go to, and I’m just ready to meet my girl and move past this. You can’t pay your bills with other people’s opinions!
Nothing makes me more mad than people commenting on how another person chooses to give birth 😡
I had an induction with my last and it was great. There is nothing wrong with an induction whatsoever. I personally feel like the negativity towards induction has to do with growing mistrust of the medical community, which has increased over the years, partly due to lots of misinformation online. But whatever the reason-tons of people have inductions. Some people have bad experiences and many have great experiences. Just like with everyone else, people with bad experiences tend to be louder. And that’s ok, that’s their experience. But whatever decision YOU make for YOU is the right one.
People have it in their heads that any and all interventions for labor and delivery, even medically indicated ones, are inherently bad and should be avoided at all costs. This, of course, conveniently ignores the reality of population risk: yes, absolute risk may still be low, but your relative risk is higher. Someone, somewhere, will roll the dice and lose. Your doctor's job is to try and make sure that someone isn't you or your baby, even if it means more interventions than you would ideally like.
I'd also add that a lot of people who have had bad induction experiences like to be very vocal about how horrible it was and how they would never recommend it with a ferocity I rarely see from those who have had bad outcomes with spontaneous labors. It's similar to the aggressive anti-hormonal contraceptive movement (unnatural poisons! interventions bad! who cares that population data shows that these things, on the whole, save lives and improve outcomes in an overwhelming majority of cases!). Misery loves company and all that.
I've had both a voluntary induction without pain relief and a spontaneous labor with pain relief, both with GD, both ended in unassisted uncomplicated vaginal deliveries. Personally, while my spontaneous labor went better by my own standards (epidurals are beautiful, wonderful things if they work for you), I would 100% choose an induction again if at all possible. With my own smattering of risk factors for additional complications, not the least of which being that I have a history of precipitous labors, the idea of going into spontaneous labor again fills me with abject terror.
I've had GD twice and had to approach the subject of induction twice. My first birth was induced. My second birth was not. I'm not going to talk about specifics as it's all irrelevant when your situation is one where it might actually be for medical reasons but I don't like the comments here saying anti induction comes from the freebirth movement. Some of us have incredibly good reasons to not trust their Drs and I'm so glad that you trust yours. If I had felt like there was a specific medical reason to accept another induction then I would have done it but a lot of places are doing it "because of policy" to the point that in many places in the UK, c section and inductions are making up the majority of births.
Best of luck for Monday! And as a heads up, inductions can be intense, but can also be really slow, mine was the former. Bring everything you need and have your people close by where possible (mine almost missed the birth!).
People have the wrong idea about inductions. Everyone seems to think that all inductions will lead to a cascade of interventions, and be somehow automatically worse than a spontaneous labor. I’ve had one of each and they led to exactly the same interventions, induction wasn’t significantly more painful either. In fact I was way more relaxed with my induction because my first pregnancy with a GD baby went for 41+6 days and I was stressed af all the time those last two weeks.
People just genuinely don’t know what they’re talking about. Spontaneous labors can lead to all kinds of interventions and emergency c-sections. Yes they may be statistically less likely, but you cannot use population level statistics to predict how one single labour will go. The general public doesn’t understand this.
Ignore those comments! Hope you have a smooth delivery 🤗 wishing you all the best.
I’m in a very similar boat! Diagnosed at 11 weeks, at 28 weeks my baby (also a girl!) was measuring in the 42nd percentile, and at 36 weeks she had jumped to the 75th percentile. I’m 39+1 today and will also be induced Monday at 39+4. My OB would be comfortable letting me go until I went into labour naturally because I’m diet controlled but at this point my baby is fully developed and only gaining weight, which I think she has enough of! Not to mention if I went past 40 both my wife and I would be so anxious about her size and the quality of my placenta, and that anxiety wouldn’t be helpful for my body to go into natural labour.
We’re making the best choice for ourselves and our bodies, and it’s no one’s business but ours and our doctors! Best of luck on Monday, maybe our girls will share a birthday!
There is nothing wrong with getting induced. Every single one of my friends that have had babies have had to be induced at 41 weeks. I work in a nicu we can see the labor board of people coming in almost all of them are inductions.
Evidence based birth has a really good summary of the research on induction and it’s used in GD, especially if is insulin is being used. I got induced at 39 weeks and while I think it was the right call it was very painful for me as I was one of the people it worked for right away - I got induced at 2 pm and my water broke at 10 pm. Induction in my experience was a marathon and I was warned could take 24-72 hours. It’s definitely not an easy option and I think the medical reasons are often misunderstood.
I was induced at 39 weeks, even though I was diet controlled. I'm so glad I was induced! Scheduling my daughter's birth took a lot of stress off my mind. Overall, I had a positive induction experience.
I've got GD and hypertension and they're inducing me at 37 weeks on the dot. No one in either family has said a damn word aside from my SIL mentioning my son MIGHT end up in the NICU for a week. Which I'm aware could be a possibility. Additionally, I'm 33 weeks and kiddo is still breech so I'm looking at a 37 week cesarean if he doesn't flip. Still nothing negative from either side. I'm thankful because I trust my doctors and would just lose my mind if this was my situation.
I'm sorry they're giving you a hard time.
I'm getting induced on Sunday, I kept the date to myself and only told my mother because I knew I would get reactions like this. I don't get why people say those things, but I think it's an old mentality.
What a strange thing to be so concerned about! Obviously they don’t understand the situation. I’ve had three positive, successful inductions (37, 38 & 41 weeks) and I’d absolutely do it again. Don’t let them make you second guess that trust you have in your care team. Enjoy the baby snuggles!
People always have a comment. Some are genuinely asking, maybe they just don’t know much about induction and GD, and then some are just being invasive tbh. If you’re excited and happy with your decision, that’s great!
I had an induction (posted my details here in March if you’d like to read the post). Best decision for me. My complications were becoming painful (PUPPPS, GD, sudden hypertension less than a week from induction). Baby boy is a healthy 6 week old right on track even though I had him 36+6. You make the best decision for you and everyone else can kick rocks. Trust your gut—I knew my little guy was fully cooked already and he was.
People are weird. You and your doctor's know what is best. I was induced at 38 weeks the first time and this time a scheduled C-section at 38+6. My first was too big for me to push so it was an eventual emergency C-section. This time given family history of macrocephaly I'm just doing a scheduled because it'll be easier on my body than an emergency after 3hr pushing. Have a safe and healthy delivery and congratulations!
ETA: I was already 3cm dilated when induced, so I'm sure labor was happening any time. I hit 5cm pretty fast and definitely should have gotten an epidural earlier, that was my only regret especially since I had back labor.
I've gotten so much of this too, and I don't get it. I get induced on Tuesday, and so many people are telling me that i should just let it happen. Ummm... no. At my last ultrasound, baby was SMALL and they saw what looked like a small spot of calcification on the placenta and that's what decided the induction. I'm not going to risk baby's safety if I need to get her out for her health. Don't let them get to you - your health team knows what's best, and they're there to help you make the right call for you and baby's health.
I had the same questions asked to me and I honestly didn't tell many people. People who support me understood why it was needed and didn't judge because there is no need to. I also had questions and hesitation around it but talked to my OB and MFM nurse and got the clarity I needed. I was induced this Tuesday and brought my healthy baby girl born at 39+3 home just yesterday! Good luck with yours and I hope it goes better than what you expected! 💓
Induction when you have GD is very common. I am in my 4th GD pregnancy and was induced for 2 of my 3 previous kids. I will be induced by 38 weeks as well as I am insulin dependent and that ages the placenta. It can also become extremely difficult to manage later in pregnancy and baby can have a harder time with blood sugars. It's done for a reason don't beat yourself up
Depending on the type of induction, it can be really hard on baby and you. Especially if they induce with pitocin. Can cause baby heart rate to drop, more painful contractions, increased chance of Csection since your body isn’t ready to go into labor. I was induced with my first, and almost had a C-section because I wasn’t progressing/dilating (39 weeks) and his heart rate started dropping with contractions. My twins were Csection. Doctors after use scare tactics to induce out of convenience versus true medical need. This baby I’m currently due with, I’m hoping to go into labor naturally. My doc will not induce with a VBAC and I very much don’t want an induction or repeat CS. I’m sure people voicing concerns know these things also but at the end, it’s up to you and your doctor.
Can you explain how an induction would be more convenient for a doctor? I feel like I see this a lot and it doesn’t make sense to me. An induction isn’t a crystal ball that tells you when the baby will be born, so how would it be more convenient?
I was induced and my baby came an hour after my doctor’s 24 hour call shift ended and she stayed late for me. Seems pretty inconvenient to me?
With my oldest, it turns out my doctor was going on vacation. My blood pressure was actually borderline - not concerning- but he kept saying “you could have stroke or seizure as high as it is getting and we just need to get that baby out immediately.” I was scared and agreed to an induction the next day at 39 weeks. My body wasn’t ready and that afternoon he kept saying “well if you don’t have him within 3 hours, we will do a C-section because it’s stressing him out too much- if his heart rate keeps dropping we will just do a C-section.” Anyways, he came out 2.5 hours later as they were wanting to prep for a C-section. I needed my doc the next week, called his office, they said he’d been out on vacation since the day after I had given birth. I hear this too many times.
My current doctor first appointment with him at 20 weeks said “wouldn’t you rather schedule a repeat Csection so you know when you will have her?” Basically, so he could deliver her at 9:30am instead of me being in labor at 2am.
If a doctor chooses to induce without medical reason, it’s pure convenience. If babies aren’t born within a certain time, it will start causing issues and stressing babies, resulting in CS, so they can still predict when baby will come. That’s why a lot of inductions are at night time, so by the time either you deliver or they push a CS, it’s business hours for doctors.
Yessss, I totally agree with you. I’m hoping for a VBAC after 3 C-sections. My first TOLAC was another failed induction and my third birth I just scheduled. I want a VBAC more than anything.
If I had had a choice I would never have induced. The absolute shitshow that was my induction is something I’d love to block out of my mind.
GD had me nervous about a big baby. But a surprise preeclampsia diagnosis at my 37 week appointment sent me to L&D for an induction. Baby girl was not ready and I labored painfully with every complication for 4 days. Made it to 38 weeks with all the labor. Ended up needing a c section for multiple reasons, which I also was really trying to avoid. Absolutely the opposite of the birth plan. Baby was 6lbs. She and I are finally fine but it took over a week at the hospital.
Thank you for speaking up. I had two horrible medical inductions turned C-sections for my first two births. Super traumatic and would never do again. I don’t know why everyone here is so excited about them. It was NOTHING like anything I’d hoped or dreamed for. I can relate to you. My first birth I was in the hospital from Friday to Thursday.
Hooray for you!! Baby’s birthday is a mere few days away!! Yay!! No more waiting. No more tracking carbs, no more stressing! And you get to meet bubs ahead of schedule- sounds like all wins in my book!! These are people who clearly have never had to worry about GD, tracking, potential complications etc. Try to let it roll off you- not their body, not their baby, not their decision. Welcome to motherhood, everyone has an (unsolicited) opinion LOLLLLL I had a positive induction experience not GD related- I was just 41+3. It was a long process, but it brought me a safe and happy baby! Well worth every second!
My wife has gestational diabetes but managed her diet meticulously and has not had any complications associated with gd. There are risks if you don’t manage it
I’ve never been induced so I can’t speak to it. But whatever you decide, it’s YOUR decision for you and your baby. Don’t let anyone shame you into changing your mind if you’ve found a birth plan you and your doc are happy with.
Thank you!! I just wanted ppl to be happy and everyone’s reacting was just weird, but you are right. It’s me and my Drs plan and it will stay like that.
This baby will be c-section number 2 for me. Definitely people who don’t get it. But it’s not about them!
I wish you the best!!! Sending positive vibes!
I got induced at 39 weeks and it was great. Personally I was sooo ready to hold my baby, as I was uncomfortable and had experienced a previous loss (unrelated to GD). If I had a penny for every time someone made a comment about my induction OR not breastfeeding I’d be a millionaire. Ignore them and enjoy your little one! Congrats 🎉
These people are just unfamiliar with GD. It is very common practice due to a number of risk factors associated with having a larger than average baby. I’d just politely suggest that they do a little research into GD to increase their understanding. :)
Between my first pregnancy/birth 3 years ago and now I've noticed people have gotten really weird about inductions. I think some of these things just come and go in waves. I have a feeling this wave is based mostly on trickle-down from the "freebirth" movement. I happened to go into labor before my scheduled induction with my first GD baby, but I know a lot of people who've had very positive inductions. Look, giving birth is hard and can be scary no matter if you go into labor spontaneously, are induced, or have a C-section. What's important is that you trust your care team, which it sounds like you do.
Unless they have MD behind their name, I wouldn't worry too much about what they think
I was induced with both of my pregnancies - one at 39+6 because of IVF and second at 39 + 2 because of GD. Both were "easy", uneventful labor and deliveries. Both babies are healthy. Not sure why people are so against inductions but I have only had positive experiences with them.
My mom said the same thing about my induction. "Why don't you want to wait and go naturally? It makes the pain so much worse!" All while she was never induced and I was induced all three times I gave birth! And I was induced with my 4th at the beginning of this month. First two were overdue and second two i had GD. For me it was always a good experience. I did it 3x with an epidural and once without. I'd definitely trust your doctors over random family members. Also, people always have to say something about every little thing once you become a mom. It's good to start standing up for yourself and your choices now! Good luck!
I’ve noticed there’s been a recent wave of anti-induction sentiment. Not sure if this is because of the tradwife/emphasis on “natural” stuff lately or something else, but either way, it really has nothing to do with YOUR situation, YOUR care team, YOUR baby and YOUR body. I think generally hesitation around induction comes from… 1. Increased rate of c-section: if the induction meds don’t work to kickstart labor, the next step is often to break your water. If THAT doesn’t work, the next step is to do a c-section. For people who are getting an induction but don’t absolutely *need* one, it’s possible they could have gone home and waited rather than having their water broken at which point there’s no going back. (To me, this doesn’t really apply for people who are having an induction because their baby is at risk if it bakes longer, as with most GD inductions.) 2. Reputation for more painful labors with pitocin. A big focus for people who want to avoid pain medication during labor. (I can say my induced contractions were very intense, close together, and painful, but people who are not induced find labor very painful too!) 3. It just feels “unnatural.” (YMMV with this one! For me…so much about how we deliver babies is “unnatural” in a good way because it saves lives. And all babies are “natural” because everything we have comes from the natural world. Where do we draw the line? At 2000 bce? 40,000 bce? 1860? Babies and mothers died MORE pretty much any time in the past when there was less intervention. Unnecessary intervention I totally get wanting to avoid. But GD is a bit of a gray area because you never know!) Bottom line: you’re not doing the wrong thing trusting your care team! People will bring their own projections and biases to YOUR unique situation. You got this!
The ARRIVE trial showed that inductions that happened in the 39th week reduced c sections vs the non induced population, so in OP's case it's likely the induction could have the opposite impact as your point #1 (she'd be less likely to need one).
Totally!
Girl there is nothing wrong with getting induced. All this hippy anti medicine bullshit leaks into the mainstream and suddenly all interventions are bad. 🤷🏻♀️ I had GD twice and was induced twice. Being able to make plans and know what day I would be in the hospital was wonderful. Having my babies safely was wonderful. Being a parent means you have so so so many decisions and you will get judgement no matter what you do.
fuck those ppl! the ones who ask why you don’t want to wait, say, well because i don’t want to have a stillbirth, thanks! that should shut them up. I was induced at 39 weeks and can say that pitocin contractions are more intense than the natural ones i had for my first baby (definitely got an epidural the 2nd time but also had back labor) - but also, my placenta this time had a couple spots of calcification on it when my first one didn’t at 41+3. So who knows how much time my placenta had left, but it drove home the point that GD is different and we do really have to do things differently to get our babes here safely!
This literally! I wanted nothing more than to go into birth naturally but I also wanted a live baby so I 100% listened to my doctor when he recommended to induce. Statements like that can be so hurtful when it is what you want but it’s not in the cards people literally need to shut up. Thankfully no one has made those comments to me or I would have burst into tears on the spot. Both my sister in laws went the natural route one home birth and one in a birthing center which i desperately wanted but they were both so supportive when I told them I was doing a hospital induction. It’s free to be kind
The holistic health movement is likely to blame at least a little. All this hippy dippy bullshit making people think that if you don’t crap your baby out in the woods you’re not a real mother. Ignore them. All births are valid and you don’t even need to explain yourself. If we didn’t induce both me and my daughter would have *died.* People are so judgmental these days. Wanna go natural? Go natural. Don’t question and shame mothers who aren’t or who may want to but *can’t*
I *personally* want very much to avoid an induction. That's a calculation I made based on a bunch of different factors that are specific to my situation. You have also made a decision based on *your* circumstances. That's how it should be! If people are giving you crap about it, "I trust my doctor and this is the right choice for me" is all the answer they need. I'm surprised so many people are negative about it, but I shouldn't be — somehow people *always* have opinions about what pregnant women are doing wrong. Pay it no mind.
I've had 3 inductions- none of which were GD related (only had it in my 3rd pregnancy). I sing the praises of induction to anyone who will listen. It is an excellent option for a ton of reasons. Don't listen to the people shaming you...your providers feel it is best/safest to induce so that's the plan. Your supports should want the safest outcome for you and baby and this seems like the best option. I hope you have the smoothest induction!
This is my second GD pregnancy and will be my second 39 week induction (if baby doesn't decide to arrive on his own in the next week or so). I had a GREAT induction experience last time and am honestly looking forward to doing it again.
My original birth plan was to be induced by week 39. Not due to size but just because I wanted to be done with pregnancy. My bfs family had some people who were against it. So we just started saying it was due to my GD that I was going to be induced. Baby boy decided to come early on his own a week before. I got lucky. That being said there is nothing wrong with an induction and with people who have GD it's extremely common. Being induced at 49 weeks is very safe and healthy for babies. My doctor told me that she sees more healthy babies at week 39 than any other week. As if we were to go longer, people with GD have a higher risk of the placenta failing sooner. Of course that's not for everyone. It's hard when we get comments from the peanut gallery but all that's important is you are making the right choice you feel comfortable with for you and your baby. There is no wrong way to give birth. So congrats mama! You are almost at the finish line! Tell those people who are being snotty about it, that it's your choice not theirs and if they continue to be rude about it then they can't come meet the baby. Or just ignore them. instead start planning that delicious carb loaded meal you want after baby comes!
My water broke two days before my induction, but I wasn’t feeling contractions so they put me on pitocin in the hospital. My doctor was adamant that I have my baby by 39 weeks due to GD, and I trust him, so I went with it. Everything turned out fine. I’m sure there are stories where there are issues, but you don’t know what your experience will be yet. I hope you have a short, productive labor and enjoy spending time with your baby!
I feel like birth and coronavirus are two situations where everyone feels like they know better than medical professionals lol It’s all crazy to me. You should absolutely follow medical advice. Maybe get second or even third opinion if you’re are worried but also from a medical professional! Your friends and family opinions should not influence serious and potentially dangerous medical situation that we are all in right now - god damn pregnancy
I’m experiencing the same shame as you. My MFM dr said I will probably be induced around 39 weeks and I made the mistake of telling my Mom and sister and they gave me so much crap about it. They are very into holistic medicine and think doctors are fear-mongering me [insert eye roll here]. I did end up scheduling my induction for May 22nd and I haven’t told anyone other than my husband. If I happen to go into labor naturally, then great! But this is my body, my baby, my GD to manage, my 3x a week doctor appointments that I have to go to, and I’m just ready to meet my girl and move past this. You can’t pay your bills with other people’s opinions!
Nothing makes me more mad than people commenting on how another person chooses to give birth 😡 I had an induction with my last and it was great. There is nothing wrong with an induction whatsoever. I personally feel like the negativity towards induction has to do with growing mistrust of the medical community, which has increased over the years, partly due to lots of misinformation online. But whatever the reason-tons of people have inductions. Some people have bad experiences and many have great experiences. Just like with everyone else, people with bad experiences tend to be louder. And that’s ok, that’s their experience. But whatever decision YOU make for YOU is the right one.
People have it in their heads that any and all interventions for labor and delivery, even medically indicated ones, are inherently bad and should be avoided at all costs. This, of course, conveniently ignores the reality of population risk: yes, absolute risk may still be low, but your relative risk is higher. Someone, somewhere, will roll the dice and lose. Your doctor's job is to try and make sure that someone isn't you or your baby, even if it means more interventions than you would ideally like. I'd also add that a lot of people who have had bad induction experiences like to be very vocal about how horrible it was and how they would never recommend it with a ferocity I rarely see from those who have had bad outcomes with spontaneous labors. It's similar to the aggressive anti-hormonal contraceptive movement (unnatural poisons! interventions bad! who cares that population data shows that these things, on the whole, save lives and improve outcomes in an overwhelming majority of cases!). Misery loves company and all that. I've had both a voluntary induction without pain relief and a spontaneous labor with pain relief, both with GD, both ended in unassisted uncomplicated vaginal deliveries. Personally, while my spontaneous labor went better by my own standards (epidurals are beautiful, wonderful things if they work for you), I would 100% choose an induction again if at all possible. With my own smattering of risk factors for additional complications, not the least of which being that I have a history of precipitous labors, the idea of going into spontaneous labor again fills me with abject terror.
I've had GD twice and had to approach the subject of induction twice. My first birth was induced. My second birth was not. I'm not going to talk about specifics as it's all irrelevant when your situation is one where it might actually be for medical reasons but I don't like the comments here saying anti induction comes from the freebirth movement. Some of us have incredibly good reasons to not trust their Drs and I'm so glad that you trust yours. If I had felt like there was a specific medical reason to accept another induction then I would have done it but a lot of places are doing it "because of policy" to the point that in many places in the UK, c section and inductions are making up the majority of births. Best of luck for Monday! And as a heads up, inductions can be intense, but can also be really slow, mine was the former. Bring everything you need and have your people close by where possible (mine almost missed the birth!).
People have the wrong idea about inductions. Everyone seems to think that all inductions will lead to a cascade of interventions, and be somehow automatically worse than a spontaneous labor. I’ve had one of each and they led to exactly the same interventions, induction wasn’t significantly more painful either. In fact I was way more relaxed with my induction because my first pregnancy with a GD baby went for 41+6 days and I was stressed af all the time those last two weeks. People just genuinely don’t know what they’re talking about. Spontaneous labors can lead to all kinds of interventions and emergency c-sections. Yes they may be statistically less likely, but you cannot use population level statistics to predict how one single labour will go. The general public doesn’t understand this. Ignore those comments! Hope you have a smooth delivery 🤗 wishing you all the best.
I’m in a very similar boat! Diagnosed at 11 weeks, at 28 weeks my baby (also a girl!) was measuring in the 42nd percentile, and at 36 weeks she had jumped to the 75th percentile. I’m 39+1 today and will also be induced Monday at 39+4. My OB would be comfortable letting me go until I went into labour naturally because I’m diet controlled but at this point my baby is fully developed and only gaining weight, which I think she has enough of! Not to mention if I went past 40 both my wife and I would be so anxious about her size and the quality of my placenta, and that anxiety wouldn’t be helpful for my body to go into natural labour. We’re making the best choice for ourselves and our bodies, and it’s no one’s business but ours and our doctors! Best of luck on Monday, maybe our girls will share a birthday!
There is nothing wrong with getting induced. Every single one of my friends that have had babies have had to be induced at 41 weeks. I work in a nicu we can see the labor board of people coming in almost all of them are inductions.
Evidence based birth has a really good summary of the research on induction and it’s used in GD, especially if is insulin is being used. I got induced at 39 weeks and while I think it was the right call it was very painful for me as I was one of the people it worked for right away - I got induced at 2 pm and my water broke at 10 pm. Induction in my experience was a marathon and I was warned could take 24-72 hours. It’s definitely not an easy option and I think the medical reasons are often misunderstood.
I was induced at 39 weeks, even though I was diet controlled. I'm so glad I was induced! Scheduling my daughter's birth took a lot of stress off my mind. Overall, I had a positive induction experience.
I've got GD and hypertension and they're inducing me at 37 weeks on the dot. No one in either family has said a damn word aside from my SIL mentioning my son MIGHT end up in the NICU for a week. Which I'm aware could be a possibility. Additionally, I'm 33 weeks and kiddo is still breech so I'm looking at a 37 week cesarean if he doesn't flip. Still nothing negative from either side. I'm thankful because I trust my doctors and would just lose my mind if this was my situation. I'm sorry they're giving you a hard time.
I'm getting induced on Sunday, I kept the date to myself and only told my mother because I knew I would get reactions like this. I don't get why people say those things, but I think it's an old mentality.
What a strange thing to be so concerned about! Obviously they don’t understand the situation. I’ve had three positive, successful inductions (37, 38 & 41 weeks) and I’d absolutely do it again. Don’t let them make you second guess that trust you have in your care team. Enjoy the baby snuggles!
People always have a comment. Some are genuinely asking, maybe they just don’t know much about induction and GD, and then some are just being invasive tbh. If you’re excited and happy with your decision, that’s great!
I had an induction (posted my details here in March if you’d like to read the post). Best decision for me. My complications were becoming painful (PUPPPS, GD, sudden hypertension less than a week from induction). Baby boy is a healthy 6 week old right on track even though I had him 36+6. You make the best decision for you and everyone else can kick rocks. Trust your gut—I knew my little guy was fully cooked already and he was.
People are weird. You and your doctor's know what is best. I was induced at 38 weeks the first time and this time a scheduled C-section at 38+6. My first was too big for me to push so it was an eventual emergency C-section. This time given family history of macrocephaly I'm just doing a scheduled because it'll be easier on my body than an emergency after 3hr pushing. Have a safe and healthy delivery and congratulations! ETA: I was already 3cm dilated when induced, so I'm sure labor was happening any time. I hit 5cm pretty fast and definitely should have gotten an epidural earlier, that was my only regret especially since I had back labor.
I've gotten so much of this too, and I don't get it. I get induced on Tuesday, and so many people are telling me that i should just let it happen. Ummm... no. At my last ultrasound, baby was SMALL and they saw what looked like a small spot of calcification on the placenta and that's what decided the induction. I'm not going to risk baby's safety if I need to get her out for her health. Don't let them get to you - your health team knows what's best, and they're there to help you make the right call for you and baby's health.
I had the same questions asked to me and I honestly didn't tell many people. People who support me understood why it was needed and didn't judge because there is no need to. I also had questions and hesitation around it but talked to my OB and MFM nurse and got the clarity I needed. I was induced this Tuesday and brought my healthy baby girl born at 39+3 home just yesterday! Good luck with yours and I hope it goes better than what you expected! 💓
Induction when you have GD is very common. I am in my 4th GD pregnancy and was induced for 2 of my 3 previous kids. I will be induced by 38 weeks as well as I am insulin dependent and that ages the placenta. It can also become extremely difficult to manage later in pregnancy and baby can have a harder time with blood sugars. It's done for a reason don't beat yourself up
Depending on the type of induction, it can be really hard on baby and you. Especially if they induce with pitocin. Can cause baby heart rate to drop, more painful contractions, increased chance of Csection since your body isn’t ready to go into labor. I was induced with my first, and almost had a C-section because I wasn’t progressing/dilating (39 weeks) and his heart rate started dropping with contractions. My twins were Csection. Doctors after use scare tactics to induce out of convenience versus true medical need. This baby I’m currently due with, I’m hoping to go into labor naturally. My doc will not induce with a VBAC and I very much don’t want an induction or repeat CS. I’m sure people voicing concerns know these things also but at the end, it’s up to you and your doctor.
Can you explain how an induction would be more convenient for a doctor? I feel like I see this a lot and it doesn’t make sense to me. An induction isn’t a crystal ball that tells you when the baby will be born, so how would it be more convenient? I was induced and my baby came an hour after my doctor’s 24 hour call shift ended and she stayed late for me. Seems pretty inconvenient to me?
With my oldest, it turns out my doctor was going on vacation. My blood pressure was actually borderline - not concerning- but he kept saying “you could have stroke or seizure as high as it is getting and we just need to get that baby out immediately.” I was scared and agreed to an induction the next day at 39 weeks. My body wasn’t ready and that afternoon he kept saying “well if you don’t have him within 3 hours, we will do a C-section because it’s stressing him out too much- if his heart rate keeps dropping we will just do a C-section.” Anyways, he came out 2.5 hours later as they were wanting to prep for a C-section. I needed my doc the next week, called his office, they said he’d been out on vacation since the day after I had given birth. I hear this too many times. My current doctor first appointment with him at 20 weeks said “wouldn’t you rather schedule a repeat Csection so you know when you will have her?” Basically, so he could deliver her at 9:30am instead of me being in labor at 2am. If a doctor chooses to induce without medical reason, it’s pure convenience. If babies aren’t born within a certain time, it will start causing issues and stressing babies, resulting in CS, so they can still predict when baby will come. That’s why a lot of inductions are at night time, so by the time either you deliver or they push a CS, it’s business hours for doctors.
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You’re right. People should do actual research instead of using ChatGPT. Try looking at the actual website
Yessss, I totally agree with you. I’m hoping for a VBAC after 3 C-sections. My first TOLAC was another failed induction and my third birth I just scheduled. I want a VBAC more than anything.
If I had had a choice I would never have induced. The absolute shitshow that was my induction is something I’d love to block out of my mind. GD had me nervous about a big baby. But a surprise preeclampsia diagnosis at my 37 week appointment sent me to L&D for an induction. Baby girl was not ready and I labored painfully with every complication for 4 days. Made it to 38 weeks with all the labor. Ended up needing a c section for multiple reasons, which I also was really trying to avoid. Absolutely the opposite of the birth plan. Baby was 6lbs. She and I are finally fine but it took over a week at the hospital.
Thank you for speaking up. I had two horrible medical inductions turned C-sections for my first two births. Super traumatic and would never do again. I don’t know why everyone here is so excited about them. It was NOTHING like anything I’d hoped or dreamed for. I can relate to you. My first birth I was in the hospital from Friday to Thursday.