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Around 38 weeks pregnant, most women start to feel totally done being pregnant.  They want the baby in their arms, they feel big, they are tired, they are done. Most OBGYNs are happy to schedule an induction for their patients at 39 weeks.  Due to the ARRIVE study, they can do this with "evidence" behind their decision. This new study found that being induced at 39 weeks decreased your rick of cesarean by 3% and decreased the risk of developing hypertension after 39 weeks.  Providers will justify the induction at 39 weeks for advanced maternal age (over 35), "big baby" on scans (these scans are often wrong by quite a bit), maternal discomfort, provider convenience (going on vacation, having plans over the weekend), and pretty much any other reason you can think of.  When you are told you can have an induction, it is so exciting!  You will meet you baby soon! Unfortunately, there are so many things about induction that moms don't realize.  There is a standa...

 When I was in graduate school, I kept getting tight pains in my chest.  I couldn't take a deep breath, I felt like there was a band around my lungs.  One day, my heart was racing and I was having the chest tightness.  I had convinced myself I was having a pulmonary embolism. I went to my professor and told her what was going on.  She very calmly and sweetly told me that the chest tightness was probably anxiety and this new feeling was most likely a panic attack. Great. Shortly after that, I read this article in Oprah magazine about a woman's experience with Bikram yoga. Bikram= Stay in a 105 degree room for 90 minutes doing 26 yoga postures with no music. She was totally transformed by this grueling practice.  She was able to stop taking her high doses of depression medication. I wanted to be transformed.  I had two babies, newly diagnosed postpartum anxiety, an intense graduate program, and countless unresolved childhood problems. I wanted to feel n...