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btdt moms pitocin question (also on fb)

Leahanna21Leahanna21 member
in September 2011 Moms

since I have no signs of anything going on my doctor has set a inducement date (After my due date of course)

I keep hearing pitocin makes your labor alot harder is this true? 

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Re: btdt moms pitocin question (also on fb)

  • Traycee1242Traycee1242 member
    Pitocin contractions are the devil... Horrible. But I wasn't progressing on my own and without it wouldn't have.. Necessary evil sometimes. All depend how your labor goes. My water broke to start labor.. I had an unfavorable cervix and was only a fingertip dilated.. After a few hours of walking the halls I still was barely contracting on my own. Some people progress just fine without it.
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  • KAmandaKKAmandaK

    I had to have a lot of it before it started working. When it did the contractions were major and there was no break in them. I think if I had had time to build up to that intensity and/or had a minute or two between them that I would have faired a little better.

    Look into evening primrose oil to maybe help get your cervix favorable.

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  • babyAutumnbabyAutumn member
    Not sure.  My water broke with DS and they gave me some pitocin three hours later to get my contractions going but I got an epidural right away so honestly never felt a thing.
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  • Mereou12Mereou12 member

    Pitocin makes contractions intense and usually much closer together (no time to relax).

    I was induced (very favorable -- checked in at 3-4 cm/90%), and went from zero pain to gripping the side rails of the bed within 45 minutes of the Pitocin drip starting. The pain was horrific -- but I had no chance to build up a tolerance, as I went from nothing to full blown contractions in a matter of minutes.

    Then I got the epidural....and all was good in the world again. :)

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  • memali26memali26 member
    Pitocin is evil. I was induced and my contractions started before the pitocin. They were mild, but close together. Once the pitocin was started they were coming fast and furious - only 30ish seconds between and lasting 1-3 minutes. To add to that misery, DD was "sunny side up" so I had horrible back labor, too. The epidural was the most amazing thing I've ever felt ;)
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  • LadyBugLove7LadyBugLove7 member
    All I can say is how my labor was...that the contractions were tripling on themselves during transition, not sure if it was from the pitocin or just how my labor goes...
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  • eortmaneortman member
    Absolutely true. Avoid it if you can.  Also, go for the epi!
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