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Peanut 
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 3:36pm |
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The induction threads recently got me thinking.....and I can't find info on internet about it....so thought I would ponder it here and put it out there!
Most babies are induced 10-14days over as a standard but what would happen if they were just left....would they come out or would some seriously just stay put?
Really bugging me!
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 3:38pm |
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hmmm... I have no idea. Its an interesting thought though.
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 3:39pm |
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their skin starts to peal as the protective membrane disintegrates, they also become higher risk of respatory problems as they begin to poo and then enhale it. thats all i know, DH peeled but did not enhale poo, family member did both, has had quite a few problems.
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 3:42pm |
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From wat i have heard its not so much the baby but the placenta starts to deteriorate and thats when things can go bad. I think, dont quote me on that though.
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 3:50pm |
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Another thing they have to consider is that the placenta starts to stop working at around 42 weeks which of course isn't good for bubs
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 4:14pm |
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my sis had an emergency c section becuase there were macomium (sp?) in her waters whcih basically means he started pooing, they were worried he might start trying to breathe (surrounded in fluid, bad idea)
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 4:26pm |
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i personally believe that given time they will come on their own.
Yes the placenta may start to deteriorate, but then it is minimal ... i was 42 weeks over with all mine and no deterioration of my placentas... a baby can poo and inhale it wether over or not, even just going into labour can make that happen...
i have also met many overdue babie who dont have peeling skin...
there are ways that the placenta and the baby can be checked after 42 weeks and i believe that some women just carry longer....
oh but apparently it is the male that determines how long a pregnancy will last, in the world of cows anyway. a friend was telling me that some bulls are known to have early calves and others that dont...
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 5:16pm |
I agree with Bizzy. I think if left alone they'd come out too.
I acknowledge that some women and babies have medical problems related to longer pregnancies but some women and babies have those problem anyway (Michaela was 5 days early and there was meconium in her waters, DH was on time and he swallowed meconium).
I'd be interested to know how many women/babies suffered or died prior to the medical profession using induction techniques. I think that in our modern world we have become far too medicalised with something that comes natural to all species.
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 5:20pm |
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i was induced 10 days over due with my second daughter and she had quite peely skin- i didnt realise this was cause she was overdue! lol.
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 6:12pm |
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Benjy peeled a lot when he was born and he was a week early. I was 100% sure of dates too so I'm not convinced that is always a sign of being overcooked or placenta breaking down.
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 6:14pm |
sadly a friends younger sister's baby died 2 weeks overdue invetro, the day before we had DD, i've often wondered if she would have survived if they had interviened. 
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 6:20pm |
totally OT but LizzyJ so cool to see you 
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Peanut
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 6:54pm |
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I know all the medical stuff but was just curious as to whether the baby would come out on its own once the pancenta had "deterioated" e.g the bodies cue to go into labour.
I was 2 weeks early and had a peely bubba.
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 7:23pm |
 MrsMojo wrote:
I think that in our modern world we have become far too medicalised with something that comes natural to all species.
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 totally agree with you on that!!
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 7:37pm |
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I swallowed mecconium....C's dad i worked with ...wonder if the two are linked , ya know , the fact that i sh*t where i eat from a very early age ....
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 7:55pm |
i feel a bit of a hypocrite tho seeing as i let myself be induced three times.... 
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 8:39pm |
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I watched a doco (60mins i think) where a woman went overdue, then started contractions but they stopped. The baby never came and she didnt go to the doctor (3rd world country), then about 40 years later she was getting abdo pains, when they looked into it the baby had calcified and was still in her uterus.
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 8:42pm |
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Thats what I was wondering - if it wouldjust sit there and calcify?
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 8:47pm |
Bizzy - you made the right decision to be induced. Your babies were well cooked, they needed to come out, and sometimes nature needs a helping hand.
Do not feel like a hypocrite. Feel like a mother who did the right thing to get her babies safely into this world 
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Posted: 23 September 2008 at 8:57pm |
I have always wondered this as well. I came on my own at 3 weeks overdue (back in 1981) but my mum had a lot of medical staff watching over her when I was born (I came into the world with 37 people trying to watch).
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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