Early induction?

Hayley • Luke 7/15/17; Colt 6/14/19; #boymom 💙💙

So I heard from a friend who just found out she’s expecting her second baby that her doctor said she could choose to be induced as early as 38 weeks simply for the fact that it’s her second baby, not for any medical reasons. I have never heard this before anywhere and was just curious if anyone else has been told this or has heard of this? It seems strange to me that any doctor would tell you you can be induced early just because you want to and not for medical reasons, but maybe it’s more common than I think?