Just curious

Hi mummies, i will be having my weekly checkup this coming tues which i will be in my week 38 and 4 days. I was thinking of asking to induced on that day and do you think doc will let me ? Because at week 36, my baby weight was 3.1kg and i believe that it has gone up even more. I am planning to go on normal birth so should i ask for induced on my 38 wks 4 days ? So far now i got no contractions yet. Just abit of cramp here and there. What do u think mummies?

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Super Mum

Hi mama, I hear you’re concerned that your baby may be too heavy or large for natural birth? Truth is, most ftm birth naturally at 41.3weeks and, if you read about big babies, it’s not necessarily a cause for a c-section. There’s an evidence based article regarding this that you might be interested to read. There’s an audio file that you can listen to as well: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-for-induction-or-c-section-for-big-baby/ Further, scans are not as accurate as we’d like them to be and are very often a few hundred grams off. My gynae told me that I’d be birthing a 3.6kg baby or thereabouts but he rushed to weigh my son when he was out and he weighed 4.019kgs :) and yes, he was birthed naturally. I always believe we will be given babies suited for our bodies. Birth is physiological - or mamas before us without all the science and medicine would not have been able to birth so bravely and confidently :) Whatever you decide mama, it’s your choice :)

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