Induced but ended up with a C-section?

dutton3741 · June 2012

Hi all,

I'm schedule for induction on Friday. I'm curious to hear from those who were induced, but ended up with a C-section. What happened that the induction didn't "work" and the C-section was necessary? How frequently does this happen?

Thanks!

selinda85 · June 2012

This happened to me I couldn't dilate at all i got to 2 and then the baby got stuck and the dr could feel his head starting to swell so we had a c-section. Of course this was like after 10 hours of not getting anywhere.

eav2c · June 2012

I was induced but ended up with a c-section. My LO kept having heartbeat decelerations and eventually his heartbeat just fell off the radar. He couldn't handle labor (the contractions were stupidly strong and they barely had me on pitocin...they kept having to turn it down). Turned out the umbical cord was wrapped around his neck 2x's and it was causing him distress. At that point I was only 5cm dilated and had I been further along (8cm+) the doctor would have let me continue but there was just too much risk.

It seems like it can happen pretty frequently to be induced and end up with a csection. If your body isn't ready, it will show. With that said: Why are you having an induction? If it isn't for a medical reason/nearing 41-42 weeks, I'd seriously reconsider having the induction without allowing your body the proper time to go into labor on it's own. IMHO, your taking a huge risk inducing early. I was induced early due to medical reasons but I am still kind of regretful for that being that I did end up with a csection. I feel that had my body been given the proper time to go into labor we would have been successful but it wasn't my call anymore being that my health and my LO's was in danger.

HollyBabyNumber2 · June 2012

Me... I was induced for Pre-E and was started on Pitocin the night before Halloween...The next day, I believe I was either 4 or 6 cm dilated when they checked me and told me baby was in the breech position and I was forced to get a c-section. Worst moment ever! I started crying and then I started getting pissed that I was still having pointless contractions while they left me in the room. It seemed like an eternity before they came back in and were able to give me a spinal and head me over to surgery. Moral of the story, babies can flip whenever they feel like it... It's probably pretty rare though so don't worry too much about that happening. Good luck with everything

dutton3741 · June 2012

eav2c:
Why are you having an induction? If it isn't for a medical reason/nearing 41-42 weeks, I'd seriously reconsider having the induction without allowing your body the proper time to go into labor on it's own.

It is for medical reasons... I'm high risk for many reasons and it's not recommended for me to go much beyond 39 weeks. While I'd rather wait for it to happen naturally, I also trust my doctor's advice on inducing. The risk of going longer is too great for me and the baby. I'd rather be induced and end up with a C-section than put the baby at risk and end up in an emergency situation or worse.

eav2c · June 2012

dutton3741:
eav2c:
Why are you having an induction? If it isn't for a medical reason/nearing 41-42 weeks, I'd seriously reconsider having the induction without allowing your body the proper time to go into labor on it's own.
It is for medical reasons... I'm high risk for many reasons and it's not recommended for me to go much beyond 39 weeks. While I'd rather wait for it to happen naturally, I also trust my doctor's advice on inducing. The risk of going longer is too great for me and the baby. I'd rather be induced and end up with a C-section than put the baby at risk and end up in an emergency situation or worse.

Understandable. I was induced at 37 weeks and I agree with you!! We frequently see people who want to induce pre-40 weeks just to do it and then they complain when they end up with a csection. But when it comes to the overall well being, a csection is sometimes necessary!!

Penelope Drake · June 2012

I did. I was induced b/c my BP was too high and my fluid levels were getting low. I got cervadil at 6:00 pm on Wed. night which gave me a few back contractions but didn't help dilate. I got Pitocin at 6:30 am on Thursday morning. At noon, my water broke. I was 4 cm at that time. I got the epidural at that point too.

And then it just stopped. I spent the next 8 hours at a 4. Even on the highest amount of Pitocin, I wasn't having strong contractions at all.

I ended up having a C-section. It was then that they noticed he had been so high up prior to the induction that when he started to descend, he came down crooked and that's why I wasn't dilating.

MrsSarahL · June 2012

I was just about 2 weeks late when I was induced. I ended up with a cs because I was failing to progress. After 14 hrs my body never really responded to the pitocin. I was having contractions but I never effaced or dilated very far and DD never dropped below station 2, so she never even engaged.

Grins04 · June 2012

I didn't end up with a c-section, but was almost there. My labor was 26 hours and then I started pushing and that was 3.5 hours. He was sunny side up and would not come down. Tried the vacuum and it didn't work, do finally we tried forceps (won't be using these again for sure). Before both of these they asked me about a c-section, and if they didn't work I was definitely going in. Also, if I would have gone just a few more hours they would have prepped me due to when they broke my water.

juliane2004 · June 2012

I was induced with DD at 36w5d. The doc thinks it failed because it was so early. I went from "fingertip dilated" to "fingertip dilated" in 12 hours. Then DD wasn't moving well enough and they did an emergency c/s instead of waiting any longer.

I went in because of a failed NST. I was induced because of high blood pressure and polyhydraminos (high fluid levels).

cuppaco · June 2012

I was induced on 3/26 at 39 weeks (due to pre-E), I was "somewhat favorable" with a Bishop score of 6 before the drugs. I started cervadril (sp?) at 4:00 p.m. on 3/26, and then at 4 a.m. on 3/27, I started the pitocin. I was in hard labor for 24 hours, and at 4 a.m. on 3/28 my OB called it and said I needed a c/s. I had progressed to 9.5cm, 100% effaced and she was a little more than 0 station (almost 1+) - BUT my contractions were weak and very erratic and had been for 6 hours. There was not enough "umph" in my contractions, even with the pitocin cranked way up, to successfully push her out. So, c/s it was and she was born at 5:47 a.m.

I've been told that the best predictor of if an induction will be successful is the Bishop scoring system. I don't know them right off, but there is a percentage of successful induction that correlates to each Bishop score. Anything over an 8 is deemed favorable with a good chance of success.

MamaNikita · June 2012

i was induced due to pre-e at 38 weeks. i had a broken shoulder at the time (good times) and couldn't have the surgery on the shoulder for another 6 weeks if i had a c-section, so i really wanted to try to deliver vaginally. they put some sort of balloon thing in me that was supposed to dilate me within 12 hours, and they gave me pitocin as well. the balloon thing never worked. they did break my water. i got the epidural at 17 hours, but even with the pitocin and everything, at 32 hours i was still only 6 cm dilated, so at that point i went with the c-section. in the end it turned out good because my shoulder healed on its own so i never had to have surgery.

ilovelife · June 2012

I never dilated from Pitocin or Cervadil. I was in "labor" for 10 hrs.

jordysmom09 · June 2012

selinda85:
This happened to me I couldn't dilate at all i got to 2 and then the baby got stuck and the dr could feel his head starting to swell so we had a c-section. Of course this was like after 10 hours of not getting anywhere.

This almost exactly!!!

dangerkitty102 · June 2012

I was induced at 42 weeks which is the longest my OB/Midwife would allow me to wait to go into labor on my own. Baby was still a -3 when I was induced and they were worried something was preventing him from dropping (short cord maybe).

Luckily cervidil was enough to break my water and start my labor, and I labored for about 12 hours without any pitocin. I got stuck at a 7 for 4 of those hours and baby still was a -3. We were at the point where we were out of options since there was still no progress. We had nothing to lose so we tried an epidural, which did slow down labor, then added in pitocin which put the baby under some stress, and then went in to a c section.

Turns out he was Brow Presentation (worse that breech). You can see here in image C- it's the widest way the baby can come out to where they physically cannot fit through a 10cm cervix opening. In my case he couldn't even drop. So there you go. At least I know it was one of the truly necessary reasons for needing a c-section.

CallMeLauraJane · June 2012

I was induced the day before my due date because of blood pressure. Cervadil and Pitocin. Had the epi around 4cm dilated. Pitocin went in around 6am, OB broke my water at 8am and by 6:00 pm I still was only dilated to 6cm.

We believe the epi slowed down any chance of me progressing and my son just wasn't ready to be born yet.

By 9:45 I was still only 9cm and the OB said we had to go to c-section. It was terrible. I could feel it and had such a hard time coming down from the drugs that I wasn't able to hold my son until FOUR hours after his delivery.

Sorry for the horror story, but if I had to do it over again, I would have done everything in my power to reduce bp the natural way and keep that baby in there longer to avoid induction.

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