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For me, clear risk or danger to mother or baby is reason to induce early. I had rising blood pressure during my last few weeks and I fought the drs not to induce until my due date. Baby showed no stress and my intuition told me I was fine. I think if I was in your shoes I'd wait to be induced until my due date but only you and your dr can really gauge if there's a risk to waiting. Size of baby wouldn't be a reason for me to induce early though.

I was induced 5 days early due to rising blood pressure (no protein or ecclampsia, but dr felt that after 39 weeks, higher blood pressure was doing more harm than good). I was also GBS positive, but no one thought that was a reason to induce on its own. It took no time at all to get the antibiotics, and unless you are prone to insanely fast labors, they should be able to administer it whenever you arrive. If I were you, I would hold out for your due date, then if there is a real concern that this baby is larger (not based on past history - each baby is different), I might allow them to induce. But not before unless there was a true threat to you or the baby - otherwise it just seems unnecessary to me.

I induced late due to fluid and blood pressure concerns. I was already 5 days overdue. I think to each their own but if I were in your shoes I would at least try to make it to my due date before induction. That's just me though. Do what feels right to you.

I personally would not induce if I were in your situation, but it is your baby, your body, your doctor, and your call!

I was induced with #1 for pre-e. (PIH entire pregnancy turNed pre-e at the bitter end.)

I was induced at 38 weeks and 37 weeks with my daughters due to IUGR. I was happy with my decision after reading about the risks for IUGR babies.

I was induced 2.5 weeks early due to low fluid, like so low they couldn't even measure it

@yellowbird: I did, but not as severely. I was on BP meds starting around 16 weeks with #2, but was never placed on bed rest and my numbers stayed much lower than they did the first time around. I went into labor naturally!

@tororojo: I'd say go with your gut, but I'm probably going to be the only person who induced for non-medically necessary reasons. (Think military, no DH if I waited until due date.) I was induced at 39 weeks and 4 days, and in no way did my induction influence my outcome. (I would have required a c-section even post-dates. I had a small baby who couldn't get past my pelvic inlet.) Buuuut, not everyone can say the same. Interventions are interventions. I was comfortable with the possibility of c-section, even though we gave it the good old college try from Tuesday until Thursday. I was not comfortable doing the whole thing without my husband.

I'm one that didn't get a full dose of antibiotics. My labor was too fast. It's no big deal, just some extra observation. In our case that meant the hospital was a stickler for keeping us a full 48 hours and the pediatrician wanted us to take LO's temp every day. Not a big deal at all.

I think you have to go with your gut on the induction.

I'm scheduled for an induction four days before my due date because of my gestational diabetes. I'm working hard to be comfortable with the idea - the baby is measuring in the 70% percentile, so I'd be totally fine inducing on or the day before my due date, but my doctor picked a different day because it's the day the only midwife I've met is on call. It's frustrating for my already messed up leave situation and other reasons, and I would really rather not be induced at all and I feel like inducing 4 days early cheats me out of using those days to go into labor naturally. I have a measuring ultrasound on Wednesday and depending on the baby's size, I might be more okay with the induction - I've concluded that if I have to induce to avoid a c-section with a larger baby if I go past my due date, I'm okay with it, it's just I would so much rather labor at home than wander around the hospital for 24+ hours.

@tororojo: just want to throw in the hat that I was not GBS positive nor did I have GD, but somehow my baby ended up in NICU due to infection for 6 days that was never explainable. If I had any fears of infection, I'd want to induce early after that experience.

I would be fine with a 39 week induction if I were you. But I have a nicu nurse brain so I think anything 35+ weeks is pretty dang good.

I was included 4 days before my due date due to spikes in my blood pressure, it was a choice the doctor and I made together. And I'm glad I did because I ended up having an almost 9 pound baby, who got stuck, I can't imagine having waited another week or two how big she would have been. I think you follow the guidance of your doctor and use your intuition.