Is it rite 4 my sister 2 induce her labour @ 30weeks? Can it be done and will her child be sick in any way?

Question

She's just emotionally sick of being pregnant and feels overwelmed with her bloated stomach, ect...

Has anyone ever gone into labour at 30 weeks and their baby been reasonably ok?

Answer 1

It is definitely NOT okay. It is putting the baby in serious danger.

Answer 2

My son was born at 31 weeks. I started dialating and having contractions at 28 and 29 weeks, and was put on bed rest but couldn't make it to the full 40; the doctors never understood why. At 28 weeks, he was given steroids so his lungs wouldn't collapse after he was born. He spent a month in the neonatal intensive care unit with feeding tubes, an IV which they had to keep switching from his arms to his legs and finally the top of his head. He was on medicine because he would forget to breathe. According to the doctors, he was a pound bigger than what he should have been at his age, but still he was only 4 pounds 3 ounces, dropped down to 3 pounds 12 ounces and his head was about the size of an orange. While there were babies born earlier and sicker than he was, he definately wasn't one of the healthier ones. After he came home, he went back to the hospital at two months for stomach surgery for pyloric stynosis, a problem common in premature boys. He wound up getting RSV at 6 months and developed asthma at a year and a half. He's relatively healthy now (what school aged child is 100% healthy?) and in some areas is actually developmentally ahead of his classmates. However, not all premature babies have such a good outcome as he did later in his childhood. Doctors would not induce your sister just because she's tired of being pregnant (only if it was medically necessary). I was tired of being pregnant too, but would have given anything to come home right away with a healthy baby and I hope I won't have to go through that with this pregnancy. Good luck to her and tell her to hang in there. It won't be much longer.

Answer 3

I'm 30weeks with #5 so i have 4 other children at home and can tell you I'm am so sick of being pregnant I'm huge and uncomfortable i have sickness back, the list could go on
BUT i would not ever think to try and induce the birth, the baby will stay where he is until hes ready to come. hes in the best place ATM.
of course there is a chance your sisters baby could be sick he/she will be coming into the world 10weeks early why does she think they try to stop prem labour?

your sister really needs to think of her baby and not herself coz she is being very selfish, i doubt any doctor in the world would induce a birth because the mum is fed up with being pregnant!!!
we all feel like that but our babies come 1st

Answer 4

Women need to realize being tired and overwhelmed is all part of being pregnant. Your sister needs to realize how much harm she can do to her baby if she was to do anything to induce labor at 30 weeks. Also inducing labor makes it a lot harder on the mother as well, the pain is much worse! She should speak with her doctor and let then know how she's feeling so that they can give her some words of encouragement and let her know how dangerous it is to have a baby at only 30 weeks. Maybe you can talk some sense into her, since you are her sister.

Answer 5

Hiya, I've had 6 children (one set of twins!) so i can understand some of the feelings you sister has, however, if she is really considering to induce her labour at only 30 weeks you must get her medical help. There is a very real risk that her baby will be sick and she is also endangering herself. I can't actually think of how she can induce herself as most old wives tales don't actually work! However, I am not a medical person but it really sounds like she needs to get professional help.

Hope this helps a little

Answer 6

A baby can't survive without machines at 30 weeks. The baby could end up spending months in the NICU, breathing through tubes and being fed through tubes. If the baby survived, he would probably require several eye surgeries.

I had my baby at 36 weeks. I had preeclampsia and it had to be done or we probably wouldn't have survived. She weighed 6 lbs but lost a pound from the fluid in her lungs. She was on oxygen and taking fluids through an IV. She had a heart murmur too. At three months she had to be operated on to close two hernias where her intestines would slip down and make huge lumps in her diaper area and then she would scream in pain for 8 hours at a time. She's fine now but we got lucky. When she was in NICU I saw babies who were so tiny that their moms couldn't even pick them up. So the moms would stand there all day petting the plastic top of the incubators. It was the saddest thing...

Anyhow, it's possible for pregnant women to become seriously depressed. Your sister needs to talk to her doctor. If she won't, then you need to talk to the doctor.

I don't think there's any way your sister can induce her labor on her own, at least not any ways that aren't likely to seriously injure her or the baby. She's not going to find a doctor to do it, either...they just won't. Even when a woman is going into premature labor they try to hold it off as long as possible and give shots to mature the baby's lungs as much as possible.

Answer 7

Your sister is being very selfish. She is only caring about her over her babies sake. I have been pregnant 3 times and 34 weeks now. I had to hang in there. Tell her to atleast wait till 37 weeks. 7 weeks is not that long. If she will have this baby now, she could be looking forward to a life long problem just to get out of a little of uncomfortable couple of weeks. That baby will not only have to be in hospital for a long time, but that baby could have life long problems as retardation, problems with his or her organs and the list goes on. 30 weeks is way to early to have a baby. There are women out there that have babies that early and didn't want to. Just tell her to make sure she understands what she is doing.

Answer 8

No doctor will induce her that early unless she is in some sort of danger. I was in the hospital at 32 weeks and they waited as long as possible to induce me at 35 weeks. Even then they wish they could of waited longer. I dont know of any way she can induce herself. The child could die if she did go at 30 weeks. Not sayin git will lots of preemies survive, but lungs might not be developed enough, the babies weight wouldnt be high enough..it would have a lot of problems more than likely. She only has 10 more weeks tell her shes made it this far whats 10 more weeks??? Is she that selfish that shes willing to risk her babies life so she can feel better about herself?

Answer 9

The baby's lungs is not fully formed and it might live but would be very sick and in nicu for the next 2-3 months. Tell her to wait. My friend had her baby at 32 weeks, couldn't get it to stop, and he almost died in nicu. It was the worst thing she says she ever went through. Sorry to say, but your sister is being selfish and only thinking of herself and not the baby. Its going to be all about the baby for now on, not her. If her baby dies she will blame her self for the rest of her life, as she should. Tell her she doesn't have much longer to go and 37 weeks is a safe time to have her baby. Good luck

Answer 10

Your sister needs to wait. Inducing labor herself is very dangerous to her and the baby. Also, having a baby at 30 weeks the lungs are not mature and they can die. Premature babies are suseptible to brain bleeds that can kill them, infections they can die from, and hearing and vision loss. Even if the baby had to be born this early I would be extremely worried! Every woman gets sick of being pregnant especially toward the end, but if your sister is this stupid, maybe she should give the baby up for adoption.

Answer 11

No doctor would induce labor at 30 weeks that's more then two month's early! I had my daughter at 34 weeks and she had to stay in the hospital for a week plus had RSV when she was 9months old. Tell your sister to get over it! She needs to think about the baby this isn't about her anymore and it hasn't been since she got pregnant!