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Mar 19, 2017
5:56:20pm

dilbert All-American

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dilbert

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Should we be concerned about inducing labor? My wife is 39 weeks today and we're

Pimpin4Paradise

3/19/17 3:06pm

No.

3/19/17 3:07pm

No problem. 2/4 of my kids were induced.

brazilcoug

3/19/17 3:11pm

All 5 of ours were, last 3 we pretty much picked the date. Doc loved to enduce

JONBOY

3/19/17 3:44pm

None.

byubyu

3/19/17 3:11pm

2 of our 4 were induced. It's no big deal, assuming her body is close to being

dilbert

3/19/17 3:13pm

Inductions are often less risk than traditional birth

chago04

3/19/17 3:14pm

4 of 4 were induced. All turned out weird, which is normal for us.

WhyKnot

3/19/17 3:16pm

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3/19/17 3:17pm

Lungs are among the last thing to develop. I'd probably make it a matter of

dtownCoug

3/19/17 3:18pm

Doc had been doing ultrasounds weekly for the last month. She seems to feel okay

Pimpin4Paradise

3/19/17 3:27pm

Yeah. Each situation is so unique that anyone's anecdotal experience is pretty

dtownCoug

3/19/17 3:34pm

And those are developed well before any doctor would recommend induction

3/19/17 3:32pm

We delivered at 39 weeks 1 day last week. Zero complications.

tebowned

3/19/17 3:27pm

At 39 weeks you should be fine

Littlerich

3/19/17 3:29pm

Inducing is the way to go

Duke Silver

3/19/17 3:51pm

No worries.

Jericho

3/19/17 4:06pm

There are methods to induce that are more fun than the way the doc will do.

CrackerJack

3/19/17 4:27pm

As a side note: our doc wouldn't induce before 40 weeks so we were on our own.

CrackerJack

3/19/17 4:29pm

They don't always work, but it's worth a try.

dilbert

3/19/17 5:56pm

We just did a 39 week induction 3 weeks ago. Everything went very well. Just

LaserCoug

3/19/17 4:50pm

Crazy how it's so different for everyone.

tebowned

3/19/17 5:25pm

a "full term" baby is 37 weeks. While 39 != 40 ... still a full term baby

tarzan15

3/19/17 4:59pm

I was induced last Monday and it went awesome and only took 5 hours.

MakingofaMom

3/19/17 6:29pm

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