Allie is Finally Two!

I've been thinking she's two since she was 10 months old and now she finally is!  Though she might tell you she's three.  Selena's been working on this with her though, and she knows that Floyd and I are 30 and Selena is 4, but she'll still sometimes say she's three, or she'll say she's a baby--one or the other.  Overall she's really good with numbers, not only can she count to 12 or 13 but she can count up to 10 objects accurately most of the time.    She also can count in Spanish and Japanese.

Her favorite thing right now is doing puzzles.  While Selena is at preschool we spend the majority of the time doing puzzles.  She also does a puzzle game on my rooted Nook Color.  She also likes a superhero game we play outside. We pretend the big bad bear came and kidnaps one of us, and then the other two have to be super heroes and find the key to the dungeon, fight the big bad bear and free the one who was captured.  Hide and seek is also a hit.

We continue to leave her naked at home and she goes potty almost 100% in the potty all by herself, but if you put any underwear, pants or diaper on her she will only go, or ask to go, rarely.  She will often ask to go when we are out, or if Selena is going, but she usually just sits on the potty.  She says its hard.

She has become quite the snuggle bug.  As an infant she didn't often like to snuggle.  She'd wiggle and do baby death rolls to get out of your hands.  At night she didn't like to sleep snuggled.  Now she willingly snuggles for significant periods of time with lots of members of the family and often insists on snuggling in my arms while sleeping at night.  It's very sweet.  She also told me that she was Auntie Cynthia's favorite and that Auntie Cynthia loves her and snuggles her a lot.  She also calls her Auntie Mel Uncle Mel. :)  She also spontaneously will tell me that she loves me so much, and that I'm the best mom ever.

She still is very opinionated and knows what she wants.  For instance here is a conversation between her and Floyd.

Allie: I want Word World

Floyd: No

Allie: You no say no.  I want Word World on the TV.

Floyd: Maybe

Allie: You are making Allie mad.  You only say yes. Not no.

Or when we were at the Y swimming she wanted to buckle a life jacket by herself, but insisted on not buckling the correct corresponding straps, and then wanted to jump into the pool, and me not catch her, but start 3 feet away from the edge, and she doesn't really know how to jump.  When I would go to catch her she would get mad and go sit on a bench telling me, "You are making me mad!"   She kind of has a bit of a temper.

Homemade Egg Rolls

I've never really liked egg rolls.  They taste too cabbagy to me.  I'm not sure exactly what causes the cabbagy taste.  Old cabbage, or maybe over cooked?  I'm not sure, because sometimes I eat cabbage and it tastes just fine, great even.  Like in these egg rolls, and other times its just gross.  I'm not sure how or why I found this recipe, or why I decided to try it (since I don't like egg rolls, but maybe Floyd wanted me to), but these are really, really, REALLY good.   Apparently I am not allowed to make them without inviting my mom over.  Oops.

Follow the directions on how to wrap them exactly.  The first couple times I did, but then I started getting nonchalant and then they started unfolding while frying.  I did change the recipe in that I shredded all the veggies with a food processes making them very tiny.  I think it improves the taste and texture of the filling, which by the way is so good, you can eat it by itself.  Having the super thin wraps is also important.  The first time I made them I didn't, and they were still good, but when I did have the thin wraps they were even better.  Personally I am very intimidated about going into an Asian grocery, so I lucked out when I moved, and the grocery store I shop at has a huge Asian section. :)

Selena Ballerina

Selena started a ballet class at the Y a month or so ago.  She is enjoying it a lot and practices her tendu, releve, plie and saute's often.  She loves the terminology and is constantly asking me what each move is called and then in class loudly and confidently answers the instructors questions. She also enjoys going to the child watch at the Y.  She always seems to meet a friend and play games.

Preschool is also going well.  She seems to be enjoying it more now, despite the waking up early, and seems to be making more friends.  The preschool planned a mother's day performance and it was very sweet.  The kids sang some songs and recited some poems.  We signed her up for an afternoon program next year, but apparently she is the only girl signed up so her teacher recommended switching to the morning.  When I asked her if she would mind being in a class with only boys, she got very upset, and said she likes girls better.  So I guess she'll be waking up early again next year.  Now the dilemma is whether we should send her three days a week or stay with two like we had planned.

Her math skills are developing.  She is constantly counting things and is starting to add and subtract.  She is also always asking, "Is 60 more than 80? Is 80 more than 60?  Is 10 more than 30?  Is 30 more than 40? etc, etc"  or "What is bigger a house or a tree?  What is smaller a car or a river?"  The size comparison questions are hard to answer.

We went to the fire station and got the girls new helmets that fit well and since then Selena has been riding her bike a lot.  She's getting really fast on it, but still has a bit of trouble when the pedals land in a certain way, especially if she is on an incline.  Then she needs a little push.

She grew an inch!  She is now 37 inches.  I was starting to worry a bit because she hadn't grown in quite a while and after mentioning it to a few people a week later my sister-in-law said she thought she looked taller. I took her home and measured her and she was!  So that has eased my mind a bit.  Food intolerances are seeming to be identified more frequently now, so I start wondering if maybe she has some, but then I'm pretty sure both Floyd and I were probably just as small as she is now, when we were that age.  However I do think her bowel movements aren't that healthy so I'm going to keep an eye on that a bit more carefully.

She has been going to sleep at night a bit easier, and on my sleep in days, and her sleep in days she has voluntarily chosen to fall asleep on her own.  So that has been fairly nice.

When we go out her behavior is usually fairly good, but at home we are having some problems with her just being plain mean.  Mostly to Allie but also to Floyd and I.  Her random self-talk always seems to veer off to, "Allie needs to go to jail.  I'm better than Allie.  Allie needs to go away.  Allie's rude. etc, etc."  And she'll also randomly kick, poke, hit me or Allie.  Sending her to her room temporarily helps, but it is constant throughout the day, really aggravating, and it upsets both me and Allie a lot.  It mostly happens when she gets bored.  I'm developing a strategy to work on this but I really need to just start implementing it.  But I'm really tired and worn out so I just keep hoping the weather will get nicer and I can just send her outside.

Random stuff

• When her and Allie play baby dolls she is always the dad.
• She was telling me that white, right (as in correct), and right (as in right vs left) all sound the same but mean different things.  So I tried to explain that white, was with a W and had a slightly different sound.  I went to write it down to show her, and realized that write also sounds the same as right, but has a W but does not make the W sound.  Poor kids, how are they supposed to figure all this out?
• She is always climbing.  She climbs really high.  It's pretty crazy.
• She ran a 1 mile kids race, while I was running a half.  Floyd ran with her and was encouraging her to pass people.  When she caught up to them she turns to Floyd and says loudly, "I passed him."  But she ran a 13:22 mile and got first place for girls four and under.  She was really excited for the race and all week was talking about how she needed to get her race shoes, and her watch, and her stretchy running clothes all ready.  I can't wait till she and Allie are a bit older and we can run together.
• I've been getting a few plant and animal identification books, and I was looking through them and she was kind of bored and asked me to read her my plant book.  I read her a fairly complicated passage about plants growing in the canopy of maple trees.  She seemed pretty bored so I stopped.  A few days later we were walking on a trail and I pointed out some ferns growing way up in the tree, and how that was kind of weird, and she looked at me and said, "Yeah mom, your book said that the moss made dirt up there, so plants could grow."
• Bob the Builder is out and Diego is her new favorite show
• She is very logical and always nay says my fantastical stories.  For instance I couldn't get a hold of my sister and I was getting worried.  I said, "Maybe auntie has been kidnapped by alien's and that is why she can't answer her phone."  Selena said, "She probably just left it at the gym and that is why she isn't answering."  

Rhubarb Scones

When we moved in last year we discovered a few rhubarb plants in our backyard.  Last year I picked all the rhubarb, except one stalk on each plant, in one go and made strawberry-rhubarb ice cream and then did nothing with the rest and it went bad.  The plant withered away over the winter and I couldn't even tell where it went.

Then magically, it started growing this spring--and it grew fast. It got bigger and bigger and bigger and I didn't do a thing!  Definitely my kind of gardening.  However I did do a bit more research and came across an article saying to pick just a bit at a time and the rhubarb will continue to grow and you'll be supplied all summer long, so that is what I plan to try.  I made some more strawberry-rhubarb ice cream with the first batch I picked and decided to try making scones with the second batch.  I made these scones last year with wild red huckleberries and thought rhubarb might taste good too.

I chopped the rhubarb up into tiny pieces and then "dehydrated" it in the oven for 2 hours at 180 degrees.  This didn't completely dry it, but it did reduce the water content.  Then I made scones using this recipe and they are delicious.  I think the lemon zest is what makes them special.  I do prefer the huckleberries more than the rhubarb, maybe next time I won't cut the rhubarb  as tiny, or maybe I'll do huckleberries and rhubarb!  Mmmmm.  I might have to go and eat the rest right now.

Sewing Some Kids Play Pants

This is a review of the Willow Wayfarer Hipsters for Slimsters kids pants pattern.  I bought it a while ago off of Etsy and have now made 6 pairs of pants from it.  The smallest size in the pattern matches Selena's measurements exactly, and the pants fit her perfectly.  The pattern is made for woven fabrics, but so far I've only used it with knits.  I have even made Allie some pants from this pattern and by using a knit they fit her with a cloth diaper on.  I'm not a huge fan of the large hem (see middle gray/blue pants), but that is easily remedied.  The pants sew together fast.  Probably 30-45 minutes from cutting to finishing.  It is a pdf pattern that you have to print out and tape together, so a bit of work, but also semi-instant gratification.  The pattern is one piece and so simple, yet you can not believe how hard it is to get a pant's pattern that has the crotch curve just right and the waistline just so, believe me I've tried.  While the pants I've made haven't been heart meltingly cute, they have been highly functional.  Hopefully some day I will make a cute, fancy pair, with pockets and applique.

Also I highly recommend the creator's blog Indie Tutes, she's got lots of great stuff.  I also won a copy of her Spitfire Playdress in a giveaway and can't wait to sew it up, though Selena is begging for a ballet leotard first.

From left to right: 

• Old cotton/lycra yoga pants of mine recycled for Selena.  I wore them while pregnant with Selena so they were both too small, and too big at the same time. ;)
• Nice 100 Polartec Fleece.  I didn't have enough of this left to cut so the stretch was width-wise, so I had to cut it with the stretch length wise.  Since the pattern is for wovens I had no problem.
• Some random knit I bought at Joanns for very cheap.

Here is Selena wearing her pants (on the right).  The ones Allie are wearing are from Old Navy, however the jacket is a monster Halloween costume I made for Selena when she was two.  Allie wears it often. I just want to add that these girls get along so much better when we are outside.

* This review is of a sewing pattern I purchased.  I was not given anything for this review, or even asked to write it.  

The Nook Thief

Allie is 23 months old, still a one year old for a bit longer, but she gets more and more grown up each day.  I got a Nook Color for Christmas and I rooted it and installed a puzzle game, a sock matching game, and Angry Birds.  She was already stealing it before I rooted it to read, Pete the Cat.  Now she steals it to play puzzles, match socks and make stuff timber.  She quickly became adapt at using it and is pretty self-sufficient.  If she needs some help she asks Selena, who by the way, knew all about Angry Birds, even when I had no clue.  Apparently Uncle Chris had shown her how to play on his phone.

Allie's conversation abilities is ever increasing.  Today she was explaining to me why she should get to watch her television show and not the one Selena wanted because, "I asked first.  Selena watch Diego on the bed.  I watch Super Why on the couch."  She likes to stand on my legs and jump up and down singing, "Dancing a jig, dancing a jig."  She likes licking my face while saying, "Free licks." (That she got from her dad.)

Right now she enjoys doing puzzles and can do the 25 piece cardboard ones with minimal help.  She also is great at building.  She loves Duplo Legos, Citiblocs, and Superstructs.  She also likes swimming.  We've gone to the Y a few times, plus we took a road trip to Olympia and our hotel had a pool, and she really likes splashing, kicking and games in the pool.  At first she clung on to me real tight, but about 20 minutes later she was using a noodle and kicking around the pool.  She likes when we play shark and swim up and get her, as long as we don't pinch her.

Allie's a great eater.  She likes meat.  She scarfs down chicken and steak.  She likes soup.  It makes me feel so wonderful when she has the same appreciation for the delicious soups I make as I do.  She also likes eating eggs and smoothies and we share breakfast every morning.

After a bit of a hiatus in using the toilet, and even at one point taking off her diaper to pee on the floor, she is back to using the toilet often if left bare bottomed.  She is very independent and wants privacy, if the door is open, she will wrap the shower curtain around her so you can't see her.  She also wants to dump her pee and poop from the small toilet into the big toilet by herself.  While she loves trips to the bathroom in public places, she doesn't seem to like to go in a public toilet.  Allie really does not like to be told what to do, so any attempt to make her go on the potty upsets her a lot.  So I plan on letting her go bare bottomed when we are at home, wear diapers during nap and at bed, and either a diaper, a pull-up, or maybe some thick undies with a diaper cover when out and do that for a while and see how it goes.

Minimalist Baby

Minimalism is becoming a bit popular.  Partly due to saving money, partly due to the ethical ramifications of over-consumption, partly due to the aesthetics of not having a lot.  It isn't an easy thing to do, especially with children, but here are some things I've learned that you don't need or you don't need a lot of. Note: I had almost every baby item imaginable, but I found that they mostly just took up lots of space and weren't really needed and though I had saved all the paraphernalia from my first I hardly used any of it with my second.

Things you don't need:

Baby Bath - I took baths with my baby.  I didn't have to bend over and my girls never cried when I was in the bath with them.

Swings, Bouncers and Exersausers - A baby blanket works just as well.  Selena did LOVE the swing and it was really nice, but Allie could take or leave anything.  But really a simple blanket with a few rattles nearby worked pretty good. 


Crib/Bassinet/Pack and Play - I know most people would not agree with this at all, but Allie has always either slept/napped in our bed, on a mattress on the floor, or on a blanket on the floor, or while being held (in a baby carrier).  I tried having Selena sleep in the crib, but I couldn't convince myself it was right and it stressed me out, so I didn't even bother with Allie.  It worked out well.  It is a lot easier to lay a sleeping baby down on something that doesn't have a rail in the way.

Nursery - If you aren't going to do a crib, you don't even need a nursery.  You just need to find a place to put their clothes and diapers.

Push Walker - An upside down laundry basket works better than any of the fancy toys that kids push to learn how to walk.  With a laundry basket they can cruise around it to push it another way and turn it.


Stroller- If you have a good baby carrier, you really don't need a stroller.  I mostly just used the stroller to carry stuff with when I was out.  Not having a stroller can be super convenient in that you don't have to look for ramps or elevators.

Fancy Breast Pump - If you are going to be working and breastfeeding then this would be a must, but if you are planning on staying home the only time you would need one is if/when you want to go out and leave your baby with a babysitter.  I had an Avent Isis hand pump and it worked just fine when I needed one.  I even used it for a couple months when I was working part time right after Selena was born.

Things to Cut Back On

Onesies - Yes they are adorable and you probably need quite a few, but usually these are something that you have way too many of.

Bottles - If you plan to breastfeed and stay home you really only need one or two.  Even if you bottle feed and stay home you can get away with just a few by washing the bottle right after each feeding.  If your child will be going to day care you will probably need more.

Bibs -  This kind of depends on the kid.  If your baby is especially drooly a lot might be nice, but for eating all you need is to get one Baby Bjorn bib and you are set.

Blankets - Two or three LARGE sized swaddling blankets.  They can be used for swaddling and setting baby's on the ground.

Toys - Buy a nice set of wooden blocks and you are set.  Supplement with bowls, spoons, and measuring cups when they are young.  When they are older you can make all sorts of toys from cardboard, or paper  (origami) and when they get tired of the toys you can just toss them in the recycling. 














 

Carseat Safety

Some people have asked me why Selena, at four years old, is still rear-facing.  There are all sorts of data showing the safety of rear facing, recommendations from various institutions, and laws regarding carseat safety, but really all I needed was to watch these two videos (the videos are below - 1 is 12 seconds the other 4 so they do not take long to watch) and know that I would keep my child rear facing as long as the car seat was built to allow it.  I also made sure to buy seats that allowed rear facing up to larger sizes.  I am fairly liberal compared to many parents as far as child safety, believing in many cases that the learning benefits outweigh the "risk".  Thus I let my kids climb on high things, stand on chairs, and use scissors, but riding in a car is highly dangerous so I make sure to keep them as safe as possible.  It isn't an inconvenience to have them facing backwards, and they aren't missing out on any opportunities, so I figure why change. 

Selena Turns Four

Selena had been anxiously awaiting her fourth birthday for a long time.  On her birthday she was very surprised that her clothes still fit, and she couldn't reach the toilet paper in the bathroom without getting off the toilet (maybe when she's five), but she was a much better twirler.  She was also overheard telling a boy at the children's museum that she was almost five as well.

We went roller skating for her party.  It was a lot of fun, but it was way too long.  Most young children cannot skate for 2 hours (my niece and nephew were the exception).  We made chocolate cupcakes and blue Jello cake for the party, so her friends could choose what they wanted.  She used candy to "draw" a picture of herself on the cake.  She said that when she blew out the candle she wished for summer to come soon.

She has finally throughly memorized every Bob the Builder episode and thus rarely requests them.  However she once again enjoys Curious George even though she remembers all the episodes "from when she was two."  Dora and Diego have also joined the mix, and now she is speaking Spanish to me, but I do not understand until she translates for me.

She continues to amaze me with her writing and reading skills. She enjoys writing letters to people and is constantly pestering me to spell words out for her.  She really enjoys writing to her baby cousin Issac, who is so cute.  She did manage to sound out his name the other day as Isic.

She and her sister continue to frustrate me with their fighting.  Selena is constantly calling Allie names.  Allie hits her, she hits Allie back.  They don't want to share toys.  They always want to snatch the toy from the other person.  It is very frustrating.  But then they have their moments of sweetness where one will say please and they will take turns.  Or they will kiss each other's bonks.  Or Selena will hold Allie's hand in parking lots (and Allie refuses to hold mine).  One morning Selena woke up and made up a song about how cute Allie was.  Or they play hide and seek together.  It is just amazing how they go from sweet to sour and back to sweet so quickly.

Preschool is going well.  It is a mystery to Floyd and I what goes on there.  Every day we ask and she says she doesn't remember, but then slowly details come out over time.  Today she played super hero's with a little girl, and they traded costumes when she said her cape was too long.  She has identified kids who are close and play together often, but she says she just plays with whoever asks her.  Her teacher tells then, "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit."  Floyd asked her if they just spend all their time licking each other (because of all the sickness she brings home) and she says, "No, there is no licking at preschool."  Surprised Floyd asked if this was a rule the teacher's actually specified, and she says, "No, but there's no kissing at preschool, so there isn't licking either."

Bedtimes seem to be going a bit easier.  She seems to fall asleep faster which makes things much less frustrating.  She comes up with the best conversations and questions at night.  One night she asked me, "How does the earth spin all on its own?"  I honestly have never even thought to ask such a question.  She decided there must be an earth spinning machine.

Complications Associated With Fetal Macrosomia

This is part five in my Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes Analysis based on the Washington State birth certificate data.  This is my final post exploring fetal macrosomia. Sorry it has taken so long to get it written, but I just kept getting sucked into a whole bunch of different ways to analyze the data, and spent a lot of time making sure that the data was correct plus, you know, taking care of my kids, starting a vegetable garden, and training for a half marathon.

Edited To Add:  I reorganized the post to start with the conclusion, followed by the results, then the method as internet surfers usually will click away if the important stuff isn't immediately viewable.

Conclusion

Having a large baby does slightly increase your chance of having complications especially having an initial cesarean.  The two biggest indicators that I could find for having a large baby were having diabetes, and carrying the baby at least a full 40 weeks.  Gaining a lot of weight during pregnancy, having gestational diabetes, or having a lot of extra weight before getting pregnant did seem to increase your chances of having a bigger baby, but only by a few ounces.  

Common methods to try and prevent a big baby is restricting a mother's food intake and inducing labor.  I think the evidence here tends to argue against restricting what the mother eats.  The stress and emotional and physical frustration this causes is not worth shaving a few ounces off the baby's weight.  

In general induction carries its own risk.  I know this from analysis that I have not yet posted.  In this specific case baby's born from a labor that was induced did suffer more complications, even than babies who were born 42+ weeks, but because this sample size was small it was mostly not statistically significant¹.     

In this specific case there also was no statistically significant difference in the rate of initial cesareans between women whose labors were induced or not.  In other words a woman who was induced at 39 weeks was just as likely to have a cesarean as a woman who went into labor spontaneously at 39 weeks and being induced at 39 weeks did not make you more or less likely to have a cesarean than a woman who went into labor spontaneously at 41 weeks (basically the confidence intervals were large at every gestational age for both the induced and not induced groups that it really didn't provide any useful information). So in this case I would say that the evidence does not argue for or against the increased safety (both baby's and mother's) in inducing labor on the sole basis of the baby potentially being "big".   

In general I would say this validates my general opinion of let nature take it's course, and listen to your body and provide it with what it says it needs.  If you do end up having a big baby and there are complications, there wasn't a whole lot you could do to prevent it.  It is what it is.  If you are diabetic you should strive to maintain your blood sugar, which I'm sure you already do, not only for your baby's potential size, but because there are other potential complications due to diabetes.

Results:

Analyzing Complications Related to Fetal Macrosomia

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Raw Data

• There are increasing complications in all categories except the death of the baby associated with big babies.  
• The rate of cesarean birth was 9.2 percent higher among large babies (roughly 1 in 4 vs 1 in 6).  

Lauren at HoboMama wondered about scheduled ceseareans, and I also wondered about inductions so I calculated some further figures.

• 13.3% of the time women with large babies had their first cesearean, without a trial of labor compared to 8.8% of women with babies less than 4200g.  So of the 9 percentage point increase roughly 5 of those percentage points were from scheduled cesareans.
• 27% of the time women with large babies had their labor induced versus about 22.4% of women with babies less than 4200g.  So there was an increase of about 4.6 percentage points in inductions.  But the increased rates in complications for bigger babies compared to smaller babies remained almost exactly the same even when the mother's labor was not induced. 

Method:

Click here to see information about the data.

• I calculated the average weight for babies in Washington and then calculated what weight range would fall above the 90th percentile.  I had the understanding that this was the definition for fetal macrosomia, till I went back and looked at the wikipedia article that qualified 90th percentile for gestational age.  Oops forgot that last little tidbit.  But I don't want to go back and do the calculations so I'll just stick with babies who are in the 90th percentile for full term babies (37 weeks or more gestation).  I could have used the entire population.  The average weight was less (7.45lbs vs 7.6lbs), but because there is more variance in size, the 90th percentile calculation was actually higher (9.4bs vs 9.3).  I rounded the 9.3lbs to 4220 grams and called it good.  
• I grouped babies into the above 4220 grams, and 4220 grams and below, and both groups the babies had to be full term (though I accidentally forgot this stipulation at first, and it did not change the results by much)
• I calculated the rate of occurrence for various groups of complications:
• Adverse Baby
• Assisted Ventilation Required Immediately Following Delivery
• Assisted Ventilation Required for More Than 6 Hours
• NICU Admission
• Newborn Given Surfactant  Replacement Therapy
• Antibiotics received by the Newborn for Suspected Neonatal Sepsis
• Seizure or Serious Neurologic Dysfunction
• Significant Birth Injury
• Moderate/Heavy Meconium Staining of the Amniotic Fluid
• Fetal Intolerance of Labor such that One or More of the Following Actions was Taken:  In-utero Resuscitation Measures, Further Fetal Assessment, or Operative Delivery
• Adverse Mother
• Maternal Transfusion
• Third or Fourth Degree Perineal Laceration
• Ruptured Uterus
• Unplanned Hysterectomy
• Admission to Intensive Care Unit
• Unplanned Operating Room Procedure Following Delivery
• Initial Cesarean
• The mother had her first cesarean.  I didn't include repeat ceseareans because many times they would have happened regardless of whether the baby was big or not (due to not many hospitals allowing VBAC's).  
• Death of the baby
• This one is a difficult statistic (both emotionally :( and as far as how accurate it is) as it is a field that was calculated by the WDHS where they took the infant (1 yr and under) death certificates and tied it to the birth certificates.  Thus the death of the baby may be totally unrelated to its birth. I also added baby's that were stillborn to this statistic.
• I calculated the confidence intervals in the same manner as this post.
• Due to the rarity of the events I calculated the confidence intervals for the death of a baby using a Poisson-Distribution via the tables in Appendix 2 of this document.

Future Posts:  I think the next topics I am going to tackle will be epidurals, augmentation and induction.  But I might wait a bit first and give myself a break.

Foot Notes:
1- If you compared rates of complications per weeks gestation most of the confidence intervals overlapped but they didn't at 39 weeks and 41 weeks, in those weeks not inducing had less complications and it was statistically significant.  I am not posting the graphs of these results because I think induction needs its own post and I get off on too many tangents