Houston, Nug has a birthday!!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

I don't know about other people, I can only answer for my own particular situation. And in my case, there actually is a reason.

The umbilical cord is supposed to have 3 vessels in it - 2 from mother to baby and 1 from baby to mother. Mine only has 2 vessels - 1 from me to Nug, 1 from Nug to me. The bigger he gets, the more the placenta is struggling to give him everything he needs, so by inducing labor and having him born a little early he will come out and get the proper nourishment he needs on the outside because I can't provide it anymore.

Ahhh...so there is a medical reason. Then it all makes much more sense. Thanks and I hope only the best for you and Nug!

PS - how is he ever going to be able to explain "Nug" to his friends?

[Samantha Puppy]

Yup. My guess is that most inductions actually have medical reasons behind it though some don't and I'm sure that percentage is getting larger.