So i was asking about GD awhile back, and it turns out that this birth is going to be a 39 week induction. (not my birth, someone else's
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I had a 39 week induction due to GD as well. First cervidil, then pitocin. My original OB had told me I could eat/drink whatever I wanted, but she was on emergency maternity leave herself and her replacement really did not want me to eat anything other than jello and broth. She yelled at me for eating crackers. I was able to walk the halls only because the hospital had portable monitors, but they didn't work well and the nurses were constantly chasing me down to adjust them and try to make me get back in bed. Nothing was going on with the baby, they just really wanted me in the bed. After 18 hours on pit I was at the max dose and had only dilated to 2 and my contractions were horrific and never ending. The OB talked me into a section while my doula was out and my husband/self was too tired to think clearly. I don't really know the "reason" - the baby was not in distress so I guess I would call it FTP. The OB wrote CPD on my chart but since I never even got close to the pushing stage I don't think that is a true diagnosis. Honestly if she really wants to avoid a section I would not consent to an induction that early :/
yeah, these are my thoughts as well, but i'm just the doula, its not my birth. it is her firsrt baby but she does have the advantage that she has been at 3 cm since her first check at 36 weeks. i'm hoping the induction will take. i hear they do work sometimes :-) since there's nothing i can do to stop it, i am just going to help her make hte best of it. thanks for your input.
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