This post has nothing to do with deduction versus induction. If you
\nwill, it’s a prayer request as well as the anxious anticipation of a
\nman who knows that Friday is the day where labor will be induced.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\nWe’re not ones that immediately leap on board with a doctor’s
\nsuggestion. On our first pregnancy we bypassed the triple screen and
\nthe amniocentesis, which was offhandedly suggested as if it was
\nrequired. Why bother taking the triple screen if it’s often wrong? Why
\nbother finding out if there is a birth defect if we wouldn’t “abort”
\nanyway? <\/p>\n
\nSo it was that after several months of worry from danger of preterm
\nlabor that now we found ourselves accepting the doctor’s recommendation
\nto induce labor on Friday.<\/p>\n
\nWhat was our reasoning?<\/p>\n
\nWell, my wife has been having contractions for the last three and a
\nhalf weeks. These are not Braxton Hicks. These are all out, wake you up
\npanting, squeak out a slight moan contractions without thinning of the
\ncervical wall nor dilation—in other words, not labor. These
\ncontractions have consistently been 3 to 4 minutes apart and sometimes
\n1 minute apart ranging in duration from one minute to two minutes. We
\nfigured when labor came it would be fast and hard—me being at work or
\nchurch is still twenty five minutes too far for something like that so
\nwe booked the appointment a mere two days before her actual due date.<\/p>\n
\nYeah, I know, not much, but still acceptable enough that the baby has
\ngained some weight, it’s near her due date and we have planned for it.
\nOf course, I thank you for the torrents of prayer that you all have
\nshowered in our direction. I can say with a sureness that our faith has
\nbeen mutually and individually strengthened and God willing your own
\nfaith has increased in such persistent service. Continue praying for my
\nwife though since she plans to go at it without the epidural (she can’t
\nstand the way it makes her feel). Pray for an easy delivery and a
\nhealthy child on Friday the 29th…Induction Day.<\/p>\n
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