to induce or not to induce?

hi all! ftm here. edd is 28/7. turning 39wks this fri, which coincidentally falls on my next checkup appt too. currently only 1cm dilated, with no signs of labour at all too. baby & i are all healthy, thankfully, and baby is weighing at estimated 2.9kg currently. i’ve been doing squats, walking more than 10k steps daily & bouncing on yoga ball too. even taking dates & drinking raspberry leaf tea. on last checkup, gynae gave us an option to be induced by the next appt, citing reasons as to avoid baby from getting too big. as she noticed a rapid upwards pattern on baby’s weight gain within third trimester itself. been going back and forth regarding this. as much as i’d like to naturally go into labour on my own.. i can’t stand the backache, reflux, morning sickness & all the discomfort. would love to get this baby out of me too :( need some advice please. any kind of help will do. thank you in advance!

Diah

excited first time momma!

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based on experience, if i was given a choice again i wouldn’t induce. it was too painful for me to bear. i was also asked to induce as baby was 3.3kg in the end she came out to be 2.8kg so scans wasn’t accurate. i had a long labour of 12 excruciating hours and had to succumb to epi in the end. baby still didn’t want to come out after being fully dilated and had to be vaccuumed out and they had to snip me. i had a huge tear and cervix was too soft for them to stitch they had to stitch me several times. then again, up to u mummy! u know ur body best!

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