"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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I mean elective as in, "I don't want to do it the old fashioned way, so
please schedule me for a section". Not some kind of medical reason.
There are people, I know, that will simply decide they don't want to go
through the whole labor and delivery and just want to go for a c-section
because the option is there and available. Not the ones that HAVE to or
should have a c-section for valid reasons - like the medical conditions
or concerns.

Elective is doctor speak for their list of planned surgeries for the day,
you could have an "elective" section that was actually more of an
emergency than an "emergency" one, if, say there was a deteriorating
situation, but they had you admitted for observation whilst adding you to
the list for the next day, the women with a slow labour overnight might
get in sooner and be considered an emergency!

I'm sure I would as well, and 3 vbacs on my side is probably more of a
bonus for me. For some reason, it seems my OB (that I've had for years
now - she wasn't my OB for the first, but she did the delivery, which was
the emergency c-section, and then she was my OB from that section on...
She also delivered 3/4 for me, but was on vacation, I believe, when DD1
was born) will not let me go very far over due. I don't know why. With
#1, he was born via c-section when I went into labor on my own just 2
days after my EDD. With #2, she had me scheduled for induction when I
was 7 days over due but I wasn't induced due to no beds being available,
but actually went in that very night on my own in labor. And I was
scheduled for induction as this will be 8 years ago at the end of this
month and I don't think there was as much info about induction after
c-section as there is now. She had me scheduled for surgery with #3 for
a Monday, which was 8 days after my EDD, and my due date was on a Sunday.
With #4, I think I was due on the 30th of the month, she said she'd see
me no later than Halloween Day, a day after my EDD, and I would have a
Halloween baby at the very latest. Yet she was born a week early.

You have to wonder if she was going on holiday in November! Fingers
crossed you'll have a baby sometime in week 39, but 1 day over is a bit of
a dumb reason for a c-section, maybe she's not really understanding you
and is suggesting it more out of sympathy about not being pregnant for a
week longer or something. Personally in this kind of situation I'd make it
clear that I don't consider 1 day over to be overdue at all, WHO states
normal pregnancy is upto 42 weeks. If that wasn't enough I'd add that I'd
want at least two tests to verify that delivery really was necessary (it's
very easy to convince someone that a single NST is enough of an indicator
to deliver, if that's what the doctor wants to acheive!) and add something
about "before you CONSENT" to it, basically trying to politely hammer home
that she doesn't get to decide, she gives you the facts and you make the
decision!

No! Not at 39 weeks LOL
At exactly 39 weeks will be DS' 8th birthday lol I don't want to wreck his
birthday and have him share a birthday haha
I get horrible towards the end. No, that's a lie. I start feeling horrible
fairly early on, and towards the end, it seems, it's hell for me. I've
already been feeling horrible for so long... The sleeping issue, the bladder
control issue, my back, ribs, heartburn, legs, you name it. I'm the type
that does NOT enjoy being pregnant. Well, pregnant with girls, anyways.
Pregnant with boys, though, was fantastic from start to finish, with girls,
it's completely opposite.
I will probably have an appointment fairly soon. I missed my last
appointment - it was on Dec 15 with the OB that was covering for her, and at
that point, I was going every 2 weeks. I guess it's been almost 3 weeks
since I should have had my last app't, so it's been almost 5 weeks since I
was in last. I think there's some things I will keep in mind to ask about
now!

Good Luck

Anne