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How far along are you? I'd ask them what their blood pressure cutoff was and when they'd pick the induction date. I'd also ask if you could do nonstress tests or regular blood pressure monitoring until 39 weeks

FWIW, I hemorrhaged after a spontaneous, precipitous (super fast) delivery with my first at 39+0. My hospital's policy is that we couldn't induce before 39 weeks unless I had one of several factors, but it was strongly recommended to induce as soon as possible after 39 weeks. I didn't make my induction date,but the advice my midwives and OBs gave me was that once you have one vaginal birth, it's unlikely to have a C-section with an induction and to have them check your Bishop score before setting your induction date. If it's favorable, you'll likely avoid a CS. My Bishop score was super favorable at my 38 week check and I went into labor that night. I had an easy birth and no problems feeding. My 14 month old nurses like a champ.

Hey mama, my situation was a little bit different but my twins were induced at 37 weeks and they did great. They were 6lb3oz and 4lb15oz. We were surprised Baby B was so small but she was a trooper. I was so worried about an induction and especially the increased risk of NICU and c-section but everything went really smoothly. They did have to monitor my peanut’s blood sugar due to her size but both babies roomed with me for our entire hospital stay. We all came home together on schedule.

They were very sleepy when they were born, and they were not nursing enough to keep up their weight. So I had to triple feed for a few weeks: Nurse til they fell asleep, bottle feed to top them off, pump to maintain my supply. We did need to use a little bit of formula for the bottles at first but it only lasted 4-5 days. We only used one free sample pack of ready made formula across both babies before I was pumping enough to keep up with their bottles. (All the pumping resulted in an oversupply and at my peak I had 950oz in the freezer )

They will be 11mo on Friday. At their 9mo checkup they were 44th and ~60th percentiles for weight — Baby B remains a pound lighter — and doing great. And they are both excellent nursers except that Baby A gets distracted and bites me more than I think is reasonable.

Good luck!

ETA: These was my second delivery / babies #2 and #3 for me. My first baby was a complication-free vaginal delivery so I was told that I was a good candidate for a successful induction.

Not the same but I had DS2 via csection at 36+6. It took a bit more effort to get him breast feeding but he did it and is still going strong at 9 months.

I was induced at 38 weeks for a combo of things including high blood pressure and extreme itching. I was already at 4cm, so very favorable for them to just break my water. My labor was 5 hours from that point and E took to nursing right away.

@DillonLion: I would ask to wait til 39 weeks

@DillonLion: I think 37 weeks is early also. I don’t want to be alarmist but I’m really struggling with the what-ifs of my recent induction (see my earlier posts back in May....)

I was recently induced with my second baby. She was between 38-39 weeks (due date was in question due to discrepancy between early ultrasound and my LMP). I had been diagnosed with chronic hypertension which was successfully treated with meds and I had no signs of preeclampsia . But my OB wanted to induce and I was tired of being pregnant so I agreed.

My labor was very fast and I almost had a c-section due to the baby being in distress and her heart rate decelerating. I ended up delivering in the OR with a vacuum assist. It was really intense.

Baby needed oxygen at birth. She had some episodes of respiratory issues and ended up in the NICU for 5 days for that as well as with jaundice. She was also a peanut at 6lbs

She is now recently diagnosed with an congenital airway disorder. It seems many of her issues would’ve occurred regardless of being induced or not

But I will always be questioning what if she had developed a bit further in utero - would it have made a difference with how she is now responding to these health problems.

I will say that breastfeeding is much much easier the 2nd time around. Is there anything that would help you to prepare for BF? Having a lactation consultation, or other breast feeding support

I wish you lots of luck with whatever you decide! It’s so hard.

My water broke at 37 weeks and has to be induced because I didn't start laboring. My daughter was small and slightly jaundice but ultimately fine! We had of lot of nursing issues (tongue and lip tie) which lead to me EF which was annoying and stressful AF but I'm not sure that had anything to due with being a 37 weeker. She is a very healthy, happy 4 year old now!

@DillonLion: that really doesn't sound that high to me at all ....?