Can you schedule an induction?

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I would love to get induced at 40 weeks exactly (so my due date). 
Reasons why: 
- My due date is December 15th. I really DO NOT want to be in the hospital for Christmas or even risk going into labor Christmas eve. My son will actually understand Christmas and it’s our first Christmas in our new forever home  
- My “wonderful” mother-in-law is staying with us and is coming on December 21st. I would LOVE to have my baby on the 15th so I can come home and still have a few days before she arrives. I really don’t want to be in the hospital and come home and she’s staying at my house
- The fact of not knowing when I’ll go into labor overwhelms me incredibly! Actually gives me anxiety. The unknown of going into labor at any time is scary to me
**With my first I was induced at 41+5 weeks due to low fluids - yes I was overdue but I’m assuming I won’t go into labor naturally with my second**
Anyway do you think my midwife will induce me on my due date?
****FYI I want the best for my baby and want him to be healthy. If at all it’s a risk for him I will just wait until I go naturally or my midwife suggests I get induced. Please do not comment if you’re going to say anything similar to that****

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I'm due the 21st and totally freaked out that I will be in the hospital on Christmas 🤦‍♀️ I've already asked about getting him out early. Dr said she would induce me at 39 weeks but the problem is.. the hospital here is like a baby factory and I will likely get bumped from that induction by others who actually NEED to be induced for medical reasons. So doesn't really matter if she schedules me or not.
Also...my "lovely" mother in law will be staying with us 🙄 Really want to get him out well before Christmas so she can stay her couple days and then leave. I can already hear her saying "Well I'll just stay for the holiday". UGH. NO! Hopefully we can both get these kiddos out on the early side.

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Yes talk to your doctor. In Connecticut I think you have to be 41 weeks to schedule it. Won’t hurt to ask. If it’s c section it’s easier to schedule.

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Most OBs will schedule induction once you hit 39 weeks. Prior to that only if medically necessary. I’ve already asked to be induced at 39 weeks. I’m impatient and also a planner so I don’t like the idea of spontaneously going into labor. With my daughter I needed to be induced earlier because of my blood pressure so I delivered her at 38 weeks. Either way I’ll have a baby right before or after thanksgiving.

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I’ve had 3 inductions , my first two at 39 weeks because my doctor doesn’t allow you to go over that. My 3rd was at 37 weeks 4 days due to not having enough fluid , and she was 9lbs 8.7 oz .

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My doc said she’d induce me at 39 weeks but try a membrane sweep around 38. This is baby #2. My sept 2019 baby was induced at 40+3. I asked bc there’s a possibility my husband leaves early January for 6 months so we wanted as much time at home as a family as possible

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I don’t know where you live but in Kentucky you are allowed to be induced anytime after you hit the 39 week mark as long as it’s your second baby!! So that’s what I’m doing!!

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Most doctors will allow an elective induction at 39 weeks

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I asked the samw thing bc im due Christmas day and thats not where I wanna be. I want to spend christmas with both my daughters and not in a hospital giving birth.  My other is 4 and I want to be with her too. But she told me if she is weighing the correct amount and everything looks good they can. But if she is under weight they will not touch me and will let me go as far as nesasary.

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It never hurts to ask! I am either being induced or going in for a repeat c-section at 39 weeks because my first was too big for me to deliver vaginally at 38 weeks and I ended up with an emergent c-section after 24+ hours of labor. I'm fully prepared to go into labor before 39 weeks since I did with my first, but for the health and safety of my baby my doctor won't schedule until after 39 weeks. If you want to be induced on your due date I don't necessarily see why they couldn't do it. They may not want to, but you'll never know if you don't ask.

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I’m getting induced a week before my due date because we moved an hour away from my doctors office! You could just ask, it dosent hurt to ask! The worst that can happen is they say no.

Can you schedule an induction?

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