My doctor was talking about induction last week! I also have high blood pressure. Yesterday I said 38 weeks because I hit a new week today and the head is measuring a week over the body. So now the head is measuring 40 and the body is measuring 39 if growing steadily so instead of explaining that in this post I just said 40. The doctor also never gave me a solid due date because I bled for 6 months straight before I got pregnant so I have no last period. He thinks I'm actually farther along than 36 weeks. He went with the day I stopped bleeding but the baby has always measured big so he always told me my date was a rough estimate. I'm not trying to have a preemie guys.. I've just always never had a solid date. My doctor gives me an ultrasound every week to check on the size and because of my blood pressure to make sure he's okay. Last week the doctor said he sees me going into labor at any time and this morning I lost my mucus plug.

Both my babies measured big and were born at least three pounds smaller than predicted

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You’re really risking nicu time? For what? Because your UTERUS is measuring big, not your baby.

The size of the baby has nothing to do with lung maturity.

Didn’t you just say yesterday the baby was measuring 38 weeks

@laniejay, agreed. Just curious.

@littleonemorning, no doctor would recommend self induction for a preemie regardless of measurements. If medically necessary it would be done under supervision.

You’re baby can measure farther along and not be farther. Did your doctor say you could try inducing yourself? Otherwise I would wait.

Awe good luck

You’ve got to be kidding me. You’re not seriously trying to start labor and have a preemie?!?