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Anyone induced and had vag. birth and not c/s?
I have been having very bad headaches for the past 4 days, my BP is fine and no protein in my urine but I do get blurry vision. The Dr. said they will induce me on my due date (saturday) if I wanted to be and if the headaches continued. I'm not affraid of being induced, but I do know the chance of a c/s is higher. Anyone here get induced and end up delivering vaginally? I'm 2cm dilated 85% effaced and the baby is a -2 station.
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Re: Anyone induced and had vag. birth and not c/s?
DD -- 5YO
DS -- 3YO
I was 2cm dilated, 70% effaced when I was induced. I have no clue what station she was. I was given Pitocin at 9:30 AM, and delivered vaginally at 5:16 PM. I had a wonderful induction experience.
Good luck!
ETA: I opted for an epidural around 1:30 PM.
I was induced at 38 weeks and 3 days and had a vaginal delivery.. be prewarned.. the pitocin makes the contractions suck a$$ and if your like me I had pre e so high blood pressure.. I was admited in to the hospital with a 188/118 bp reading you will have to have magnisum sulfate if your BP is still high to ward off seisures.. the mag works against the pitocin so for every 3 dials the pitocin goes up... your really only going up one or two because the mag is fighting it...
I did get a vaginal delivery but I had to have and EPI which i didnt want to have..
Good Luck to you.
I was induced at 34w2d for severe pre-e and had a successful vaginal delivery with no epi. The started pitocin at 6am, broke my water at 9am, and DD was born at 5:34pm. I don't have anything to compare the contractions to, but I felt like they only got bad in the last 1-2 hours. We did get very close to needing a c-section since DD wasn't doing well with the last contractions, but after my doctor left the room to order the c/s, DD dropped like a rock and arrived within 10 minutes!
Yup, yup. And it all went relatively quickly, actually. I did end up having an epidural, which was not in my original plan, but oh well. (By induction birth story is somewhere in my blog, if you're interested).
I was induced on Saturday (my due date) and had a really fast vaginal delivery!
You might even be more favorable than I was. When we arrived at the hospital Saturday morning, I was 3.5 cm, 70-80% and +1 with ZERO contractions. They broke my water and we were off to the races: 5 hours later, he was in my arms! Good luck!
wife to joe 2.2.08. mama to noah 9.5.09.
After multiple m/c's, a MTHFR diagnosis and the Lord calling both of our hearts in the same direction, we're adopting!
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I got induced and Max was out in three hours (once the pitocin was started). My BP was super high. First she broke my water (worked for DD, but not for DS). Then three hours later, she started me on pitocin. I had it on for about an hour, then turned it off because those contractions started coming fast and hard! The contractions continued on their own and Max was out at 5:15.
Also, I had no pain meds. Other than the pitocin, fully natural and med free birth.
Samantha Skye - Aug 30, 2006 AND Maxwell Griffin - April 14, 2009
I was. My water broke at 38 weeks and I was only 1 cm and 20% effaced. After my water broke nothing else happened, I never started contractions on my own so they gave me the pit 6 hours after it broke. DS was born 8 hours after the start of the pit and that was with two hours of pushing. His heartrate wasn't good right before we started pushing but as soon as we started pushing he was back in the 'normal' range, so no talk of c-section at all for us. Good luck on Saturday if you go that far!
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Yes! I was induced a week ago due to HBP. Pitocin started at 8am and my little boy was born at 10:05pm. The contractions felt like bad menstrual cramps until the dr broke my water at 2:30pm after which they became unbearable within about 30 minutes. One after another with no break and very intense. I got the epidural shortly after and was able to rest pretty comfortably until it was time to push around 8:40pm. I ended up needing an episiotomy because baby's head just couldn't fit through. He came out 2 contractions after that was done. Overall, I had a very positive experience.
I've been induced twice now, due to pre-e the first time and rising blood pressure the second. The first one did result in a c section but not ecause of failure to progress (which is usually the issue with induction). That time I entered the hospital a figertip dilated and did fully dilate and push, but DD got stuck.
With DD2 I entered 4-5 cm dilated and 50% effacced and had a successful vaginal birth.
Good luck!!!
Yes...I was induced last Saturday (week ago) at 40w 2d due to grade 3 placenta and low amniotic fluid. Had planned all along to go natural and use Hypnobirthing, so we started with nipple stimulation with breast pump, and when that wasn't working, we chose Pitocin over breaking my water (which may have taken too long). I was 1.5 cm and 70% effaced, station 0/+1. The process was gradual, my HR and baby's HR stayed good in normal range. I was able to get in the jacuzzi tub for the roughest part (7-10cm). I had no pain meds and thank god my husband was such a great companion keeping me breathing correctly and focused thru each surge.
Though it was difficult at the time and not knowing when it would end, it was a good experience. Good luck to you. No matter how things go, there's an awesome prize at the end!
I was induced at 39 weeks and 1 day because baby was getting too big. I was 4cm dilated and 80% effaced when I went in, baby was head down and i think -2 but i forget.?
Induction went GREAT!! Started at 8am had DS at 3:58pm after 30 min of pushing. He was 9 pound even. ?
My water broke, but they ended up starting me on pitocin b/c of pokey labor. I had vag birth, no c/s here.
ME!!!
Induced at 9am... had DS at 2:10pm after 15min of pushing! It went super fast. I went from a 5.5 to complete in 6min. NO JOKE. I was threatened a CS twice with dropped heart rate because of progressing so fast but had him vag. I also started at a 1cm at 9am.
GL
Out of me and 5 friends who were induced around the same time, only 1 person had a c-section. One was extremely early, and the rest of us were 39 to 41 weeks. I was 39w 5d, and only a fingertip dilated and DD was pretty high up. Good luck
Me!
I was induced at 40w1d, at 1 cm and 70%. I didn't have pitocin, just cytotek and then the doc broke my water manually which got things started.
Admitted at 7:30 a.m., water broken at 4:30 p.m., epidural at 8:30 p.m. (longest 4 hours of my life, there), and baby arrived at 11:10 p.m. after only 20 minutes and 6 pushes.
Good luck!
ETA: It took 13 hours for me to go from 1 cm to 4 cm, and then once I had the epi I went from 4 to complete in one hour!
I was induced because my water broke and I was not going into active labor. I was 2-3cm dilated, 90% efface and at -2 station. I progressed to 10cm no problem and actually pushed for 3 hours. I did end up having to have a c-section, but not because of a failed induction. I had one because my baby girl was 11lbs7oz and would not move pass my pelvic bone.
Good luck!