To induce or not?

Nicole

We have had a rough couple of weeks, our baby boy has been diagnosed with something called a lipoma in his brain. There's a good chance he will be ok but it's been a real scare and my anxiety is pretty awful and I haven't been able to sleep well - my OB gave me some sleeping medication so hopefully I can get a sleep tonight. My OB has also given us an option to be induced into labour at 39 weeks to take away the anxiety of when I will give birth- I'm just not sure if I want to be induced or wait for labour on its own... my mum and mil both tell me it'll be more painful being induced but my OB didn't say anything like that? Has anyone been induced by choice in previous pregnancies as well as just naturally let labour come on? What would you recommend? Ultimately I just want to have the safest delivery possible... just don't know what to do?