To schedule an induction or not?
My doctors are recommending a 39 induction due to my case- 36 years old, FTM, GD, and IVF pregnancy.
However, my GD has been controlled with diet and numbers have been fine aside from a couple spikes that i knew i was going to have from “treating myself.” At 36 weeks the baby had leveled out in size- 55th percentile/ ~ 6lb expecting to be about 8lb by 40 weeks. I try to keep in mind these numbers are estimates only but these don’t feel alarmingly big to me and doesn’t put me at much risk of needing a c section at this stage.
I understand the risks of birth with GD but honestly haven’t had crazy numbers or high blood pressure and something tells me i want to wait for my body to labor naturally, but also don’t want to take any risks against the doctors advice and run into trouble. Any thoughts?!? Obviously will monitor size and numbers over the next 2-3 weeks but not sure if I’m being dumb and should just schedule the early induction at 39 per doc’s recommendation or go with my own preference and maybe schedule it at 40 if labor doesn’t happen naturally by then. Any advice welcomed!