Not only placenta failure, but also cephalo-pelvic insufficiency (a head grown too big for the maternal hips), and more days to potentially have the cord around the neck as the baby shifts.
Having said that, my only child was born at 42 weeks, nearly nine pounds, and great APGARs.
But yes, my OB had an induction scheduled for that very afternoon.
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This story brings us back to the issue of reproductive justice, where countries like Chile, El Salvador, and Ireland, women face conviction for up to fifty years due to a miscarriage or other forms of complications during the gestational period. Most importantly, the issue is providing adequate information in preventive care for all females with different racial and ethnic backgrounds to reduce healthcare inequalities that propagate worldwide. Let alone, ensuring that the insurance covers it.Time will tell, if our future government will change into a single-payer system. The question is, how will this concept translate to other medical practices abroad?
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Was there any suggestion of why this is so?
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@cheryl I believe the placenta can start to fail.
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When I was pregnant with my first child I was in a study designed to estimate placenta failure by estrogen levels so as to have a marker for decisions about inducing labor to avoid stillbirth. Luther Talbert, m.d. was that researcher. Has anything come of this means of avoiding stillbirth?