Informed choice - Can I Decline an Induction?
Hi lovelies. How are we? I haven't written a blog post for a couple of weeks as in all honesty, I was enjoying my annual leave too much!!! However, other than drinking gin & eating everything I shouldn't (did anyone else do home workouts for a whole two weeks and then sack it off?) I actually noticed on several Facebook groups that a lot of women are really against being induced. I think this stems from a lot of scary stories that women love to tell their friends, about how horrendous being induced is, how you were refused an epidural & your midwife screamed at you to hold your breath and push. Really, I think as women we love to dramatise our stories. I know I do!! One glass of wine & a small inconvenience turns into ' have I told you the worst moment of my life happened yesterday?'. Inductions are usually suggested because there is a risk factor that we worry about. One example is a big baby. There can be different reasons your baby is on the bigger side