Continued...Part 3............
The following day I
went back to my OB/Midwives office to discuss the results on my
ultrasound. The midwife explained to me that Katherine was indeed a big
baby and was estimating to be about 10 and 1/2 pounds and while the
decision to have a repeat C-Section should not be based solely on
gestational weight the OB wanted to go ahead and schedule the C-Section.
Please understand that though disappointed we said "Okay...yes, when...today? Friday?" when....?"
My midwife seemed surprised by our acceptance of this and proceeded to
tell us that this is where OB's and Midwives differentiate on opinions.
She asked us to hold on as she wanted to talk to the OB again (who was
not in the office but she had to call). She stepped out of the room for a
very long time, I have no idea what she said on that phone call all I
can say is she came back in on that TUESDAY morning and said that the
doctor wanted to see me on THURSDAY morning. In our heads this meant
that even the OB did not deem a high enough risk of uterine rupture to
warrant a repeat C-Section that day. The rest of the appointment was
pleasant and ended with the midwife walking out saying "Who knows maybe you'll go into labor before then and you won't have to do a C-Section after all.?"
We
(my husband and I) did not leave the doctor's office that day with any
warnings that if I went into labor to come into the hospital right away,
we didn't leave feeling like even the OB really saw a risk in uterine
rupture but just that out of formality she
recommended a C-Section. We didn't leave thinking "Oh my, if I go into
labor they think the baby could die, or that my uterus will rupture."
Because trust me, if we felt at all that we were endangering Katherine
by staying pregnant for 2more days and possibly going into labor would
kill her...we wouldn't have left the doctor's office that day and they
wouldn't have let us leave either.
Part 4.......
We returned home, feeling like once again a doctor was strong arming us into an un-necessary c-section (which happens, a lot!) I
called my doula and explained to her what had happened. She felt the
same way as we did...what was the medical reason for a repeat C-Section?
There wasn't one. I can not emphasize that more...there was NO MEDICAL REASON to
have a repeat C-Section with Katherine. Gestational weight alone is not
reason enough. My doula said my options were that I could wait to see
the doctor on Thursday and just have the un-necessary c-section, that I
could wait until thursday and hope that I go into labor on my own, or
that I could try some natural ways to induce my own labor and hopefully
have the baby by Thursday and avoid another un-necessary c-section. I
took the night to talk things over with my husband and make a decision.
Now,
here comes the part where everyone passes their "hindsight" judgement
on me. I chose to try some "natural" ways to induce my own labor. I pass this same "hindsight" judgement upon myself every time i look back on it.
I'm not surprised that others pass the same judgement on me too. I
guess the biggest difference between the judgement I pass on myself is I
know it is one passed in "hindsight", while others do not. It is
always easier for us to look back on a situation and see all the "wrong"
choices someone has made when the outcome of said choices is a
negative one.
This particular day, Wednesday
the 30th, I can never undo...I chose to induce my own labor. How does
one even do that? Well, there are the old wives tales so to speak of
castor oil, pineapples, and sex , but there is also a known herb that
when labor is what you want to have and you are pregnant one would think
taking it would be a good thing and many midwives offer it to their
patients for that very purpose. I will not type the name of that herb
I'm sure you could look it up and find it anyways. and you may even find
yourself saying "hey I've used that." But after trying the old wives
tales and feeling desperate I took a very small dose of said herb...I didn't even take the full dosage recommendation because i wanted to be extra cautious. I took the dose and about 2hrs later my labor started.
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