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To induce or not to induce... that is the question.
According to my dr., because I'm healthy and Baby is healthy, we can induce at any point after tomorrow (my 40 weeks) and that it's just a matter of convenience.
Hopefully Baby will come on her own, the only thing that worries me is that she comes in the middle of the night and I'll have some stranger delivering her.
Does anyone have any other pros/cons they'd like to add from their own experiences? Inductions are good? Bad?
What are your thoughts?
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Re: To induce or not to induce... that is the question.
2 things are important to consider.
1. What is your bishop score? If your bishop score is favorable, induction is far more likely to result in a vaginal delivery. Contractions are sometimes more difficult to bear when you are induced due to the pitocin, but that's not always the case. Just something to consider.
2. If your bishop score is unfavorable, are you completely opposed to a c-section? If you go in for an induction and you havent made any significant progess on your own, you have about a 50/50 chance that you'll have a c-section. Is that something that's ok for you?
Good luck with whatever you decide!
Our childbirth class instructor (a L&D nurse with 4 kids) said that inductions can be long and painful and to avoid having it done if at all possible . . . but that's one persons opinion.
That being said, I think it would be nice to know when baby is coming and to know that your doctor would be the one delivering.
Well my opinion of induction is GO FOR IT!!!
I was induced with my first at 37wks because he stopped gaining weight and i was in labor for 3 days only reason i was in labor for so long was they had to start from scratch. I was not dilated at all and my cervix wasn't soften yet. But once they did start it by my 3rd day i was dilated to 4 I got a epideral than they broke my water and i had my son in 20mins. It was very fast and intense but it was worth it only took me 4 pushs my son was 4.3pounds but he was perfectly healthy.
I am pregnant again with a little girl and im going to get elective induction when im 39weeks im very impatient.
Dr. said my cervix is favorable, I'm 2cm/80% so it would simply be a matter of convenience. He said my chances of c-section neither increases or decreases. He just doesn't want to go too far past 41 weeks because then health risks do become a factor. I don't have any strong feelings towards 'letting nature take its course' or being induced - I just didn't expect to have to make the decision!
On one hand, it takes a little of the excitement out of it... there's no "could this be it?!" experience. Yet on the other hand, scheduling it to suit everyone's schedule is so convenient too...
Ahhh... decisions decisions!
This is actually really good advice.
Whenever I see someone post about induction without an actual medical reason or signs that your body is really, really ready for labor, I think to myself, "Enjoy your c/s."
In addition to what pp said, I would ask your doctor about the methods they would use to induce you, the potential risks and side effects (to both you and baby) of those methods and see if you are comfortable with them.
Inductions are hit or miss depending on the person, so you'll find people on both sides of the fence.
I had an okay induction experience, but just remember, once you go into get induced, you'll be strapped to the hospital bed without being able to move or go anywhere. I did wish I could have labored in the comfort of my home for a bit, where I could walk around, take a shower, etc. It was really uncomfortable sitting in the bed all day long with IV and pressure cuff on me.
Chances are, even if you go into labor in the middle of the night, you won't be going to the hospital right away.... Do you know for sure you'll get your OB if you go to the hospital during the day?
Long story short, having been through it once I would wait it out for LO to come on her own.
This is my experience with it... maybe some others will have some positive stories to post for you so you don't have just my extremely biased opinion.
I was induced with pitocin with DS because I was overdue. I HATED it and thought it was the most awful thing ever. The pitocin makes the contractions so much harder and I've heard over and over that people just couldn't pass up the epidural because the pain was so bad. I know I didn't pass it up. I took advantage of it as soon as they would give it to me which resulted in me being stuck in the bed, catherized, and unable to get up and walk around, use the jaccuzzi tub, birth ball, etc. and my baby had a monitor poked into his head to monitor him for fetal stress from the contractions. My labor was LONG and hard and when it came time to push I had to have an oxygen mask and ended up tearing badly which meant tough PP recovery. Another risk to consider is that you may not progress well enough and wind up with c-section.
Since then I've done lots of research on inducing and was really hoping to avoid it with DD this time but now because of high bp I'm set up for inducing this Thursday. I talked to my doctor about my concerns and she said since my cervix is favorable the risks go down considerably. I'm still praying that I go into labor on my own between now and then because I'm concerned about the stress on LO and potential of C-section. I'm lucky to be delivering in a smaller hospital where I've already met the majority of the doctors (who are all very good) because I've been into L&D so often for bloodwork/NST because of the high bp and I'd be comfortable with any of them delivering
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Same here, every person I know who got induced either wound up still not being able to dilate enough or wound up with fetal distress; either way it resulted in a c-section. Its the only reason I really do not want to be induced, even though I am also at 2 cm/80 %.
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I wouldn't do it unless medically necessary. I was induced with my last pregnancy for medical reasons and you still don't know when you are going to deliver. I went in on a Tuesday and didn't deliver till Thursday. I went through many nurses and doctors and you still won't know who will actually deliver you. I also had a bad reaction to the induction meds and retained a tremendous amount of fluid (I actually weighed more after the delivery). That said, after 41 weeks, I would probably reconsider an induction, but not at 40 weeks. They also pushed heavily for a c-section, but I refused.
i'm a big fan of letting nature take it's course. there's nothing i want more than to have that 'honey-it's-time' moment for this labor and delivery. my induction wasn't bad the first time though (2 weeks late), just not the natural way i'd hoped for.
you've made it this far, what's another week?
I'm replying late, I know.
I would not induce unless medically necessary and I mean really and truly necessary. I know others have excellent inductions, but for every person who says it was fine, there's someone else who ends up with problems or a c-section, of the women I know.
I had a ton of complications with my daughter, including retained placenta which is considered a possible side effect of pit. Without scaring the crap out of everyone, it's horrible - it was incredibly painful (I was considering suing the doctor and there were grounds according to the malpractice attorney I spoke with, but it would have been very difficult).
From the doctor's perspective it worked - the kid came out when they wanted her to. From my perspective, if it comes down to it this time, I would probably choose a c-section over what I went through, if going into labor naturally doesn't happen (I pray every night that it does).
Very true. And it's certainly not a matter of me wanting to 'get this baby outta me now!' - my pregnancy has been so smooth and a joy. I just wasn't expecting my doctor to offer me the choice of induction so soon. I always assumed it was a last resort kind of thing, so when he was like, after you hit 40 weeks (which is today), you can be induced if you want to... it's just a matter of convenience because you're healthy and baby is healthy, you're progressing nicely... blah blah blah and I was like. Huh. Something new to consider. Wasn't expecting that. And I didn't really know much about inductions until I was faced with having to make a decision...
Thanks for all the input ladies! It was so helpful.
This is a really late reply, but just adding my two cents: Inductions turn birth into a medical event (as opposed to physiological one), and also add extra risk to a lot of it (as multiple posters have added with their own stories). I think it's irresponsible of your doctor to be telling you that inducing for no medical reason (which isn't supported by ACOG) carries no risk - of course it does! You're adding drugs to your body. Gah. Anyhoo, this post is a pretty interesting reading about "elective" inductions (which you might want to ask your doctor if that's what it'd be listed as if you go for it). https://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=1507
Good luck - there's a ton of info about inductions out there.
DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)