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saturdaynightdoubletree
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Were you induced?
saturdaynightdoubletree
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I was induced, and labor was "harder than it should have been" according to the delivery nurse in the room. I was just wondering if anyone else was induced and had a similar experience? Also wondering if you have more than 1 child, and was induced with one, but not the other(s)? Obviously the experience is different for everyone. My cousin was recently telling me that of her three kids, the last was the worst delivery because she was induced. Does this really make anything harder? (Sorry if that's a dumb question!)
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Re: Were you induced?
a friend of mine was induced and they had a hard time regulating her level of pitocin. she had PTL and was put on meds to controil it but once she was taken off them she did not start contracting so the doctor gave her the option to be induced at 39wks. (from what I heard- because she was very uncomfortable and not a valid reason IMO) she labored for I think 12hrs.
I had Ds at 39wks 1day and went into labor naturally. I know everyone is different but I had DS after only 6hrs of labor and I would hav had him sooner but I needed to wait until I had enough antibiotics in my systme for my GBS.
I was induced and ended up with a c-section after only getting to 1cm after 12 hrs. my situation isn't typical though since i was only 34wks and DS was not ready to come out at all! I have heard both scenarios. some have great inductions that move right along, some stall out and have to have c-sections.
it seems like Dr's want to schedule your induction the minute you get to 40wks. I wouldn't want to do it again unless I was seriously overdue, like 42 wks.
I was induced and it was the easiest labor. I was induced at 37.5 weeks for medical reasons so my cervix was long and closed and so I got started at 6:30 on a Sat. night continued through Sunday, got an epi when they broke my water around 5, by the time it was in (it didn't work initially) it was around 6ish and my son was born at 6:23. I pushed 3 sets of 4 and out he came.
The pitocin wasn't fun, but for me manageable.
Sorry, I'm not a good bumpie and have no idea how to thread it to you. Basically the responses were all over the place, easy, hard, awful, not so bad, about half posted had to have a c-section... definitely a lot more varied than I expected... and no answers regarding being induced with one child vs. not with another.
I'm so sorry for your loss
I was induced after my water broke (slow leak - ha!) at 38 weeks and labor didn't start on its own after a day and a half.
I had really wanted a natural childbirth but it did not go as planned. I was induced with Pitocin around 4/5 PM. The contractions started coming but they were very manageable and I was walking around, listening to relaxing music, and rocking. The contractions were slowly intensifying but then around 7/8 PM they said that I wasn't progressing quickly enough so they ruptured my membranes. It was as if they flipped a switch and I was suddenly in incredible pain so I caved and got an epidural. After that I couldn't believe how much I didn't feel a thing. I went to sleep. Woke up around 10 PM when they checked me again. After a little while they said I was ready to push. Pushed a few times and the baby was born.
On the one hand, it was not good because I found it harder to make a slow progression and manage the contractions naturally. On the other hand, it was unbelievable to me, after preparing myself for a natural delivery, that I didn't feel ANY pain during childbirth.
This next time IF I have to be induced I will just make sure to ask more questions. I was so nervous at the time that I just did whatever the doctor said. Even though I had to be induced, I would have asked for a bit more clarification before having my membranes ruptured. This time around I will choose to wait and not have my membranes ruptures even if labor progresses more slowly - with the exception of it increasing the likelihood of a C-section. Not sure if others have experience with this part.
Good question. Hope my post wasn't too long. I'll keep an eye on what others have to say...
As a NICU nurse (and mom of a toddler) I can tell you the clear cut problems with an induction. Here is the typical cascade of interventions that occurs:
1. Body is not ready to go into labor.
2. Pitocin is started (you should always make sure your OB at least ripens your cervix the night before or day of)
3. Pitocin gives you very strong contractions. Often you'll need an epidural earlier than normal with these strong painful ctx.
4. Epidural is given. Now, you must be monitored with your BP, baby, foley cath in (for urine), temp monitored (can get a fever)
5. Epidural keeps you in bed. Now you cannot labor out of bed or in any other position other than laying down. Pit is turned up to compensate.
6. Baby cannot handle heavy ctxs. Baby begins to have HR decells. Will your cervix dilate fast enough for your baby to handle it?
7. Might end up with a c/s becuase of baby's intolerance to labor or your inability to dialate. Oh, they usually break your water to "speed things along" but this also opens you up (no pun intended) for infection, so now that magic "24 hour clock" that OBs have has started, and you are on their timeline to deliver promptly.
8. Might end up with vacuum assist if your body was pushed into getting ready for baby to come down birth canal when your body has not had the proper slow labor to prepare for baby to fit through your birth canal.
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All that said, MANY inductions go just fine, and are needed for preterm birth or post dates. But, as you asked, why do people not want to be induced? Because it begins a cascade of interventions into your labor, and often the above is what happens. Its hard to have a natural labor with an induction.