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Pregnant after 35
Induction is on the cards
So I know a lot of you have been induced and it seems I am following the same path. With my heart condition my cardiologist, MFM and OBGYN have decided that it will be best to induce so that they are all present should complications arise. The plan is to admit me at 39 weeks and do cervadil and pitocin the next morning. Is there anything I should plan for or expect? I have heard both good and bad stories about being induced but oddly feel comfortable with it and trust my Drs completely so if that's what they say then what's what I'm doing.
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Re: Induction is on the cards
I had a really negative experience with the same type of induction with my first, so I'll spare you the details.
the only thing I would say is expect to have very little to no freedom of movement because the cervadil needs to stay put & you will most likely need an epidural (if you were hoping to avoid it) as the contractions from that type of induction are incredibly intense and very difficult to manage for the long haul.
Best of luck to you & blessings for a safe delivery & healthy baby
I had a terrible experience as well and I won't go into it. BUT there is a girl on here that just went through it and ended up having a vaginal birth and her birth story sounded pretty great! I forget her name but she has The Late Stork blog and her story is on her blog.
Good Luck!
I was induced with my first at 39 weeks with cervadil & pit as well. I did not have a terrible experience. I mean, it wasn't fantastic, there were issues with my epidural, but in the end I delivered a healthy baby and I was fine. That's the most important thing, IMO.
Things I will hope to do differently this time (and I will probably be induced again as well- GD & HBP). I will get the ambien they offered when the cervadil was put in. I went in at 6PM, and thought I'd be fine overnight. I was not. The cervadil (for me) was like constant cramping all night long. It was 11 when I finally said, "Can I have that ambien?" And it was too late. So, I didn't sleep at all that night and went right into Pit at 9AM the next morning. They put the Pit in an IV stand for me, and I had a monitor I could walk and move around in, so for the first two hours of the pit drip, that's what I did. Walked and sat in the rocking chair and birthing ball. It wasn't until my water broke at around 11AM, that I started to feel some real pain. Now, some people will say to ask for the epi before the pit starts or they break your water. I didn't do that, obviously, and felt OK. But everybody's labor is different. After my water broke, I freaked out a little. LOL. I was walking the halls when it happened. I got a dose of stadol and my contractions were tough. At about 2, I asked for the epi. They didn't think the first one took after they did the touch/ice test, so they dosed me again. Turns out the first one DID take. So they had to shut off my epi drip completely. Of course, the epi wore off right I was starting to feel the pressure. They did call the anethesiologist again for another dose, but it was pretty much too late. It didn't take in time for me to start pushing, so I felt what I didn't want to feel. LOL. But it was all good. I pushed for just over an hour. Started at about 4:50 and had her at about 6:15. It was a pretty amazing experience. Am I looking forward to to it again? That's debatable.
Good luck! Remember to keep your eye on the prize, to take home a healthy baby. Birth plans almost never end up the way you expect or want them to be. I knew early on I'd be induced, so I had a pretty good idea of what was going to happen. But not exactly, of course.
I was induced with #1, and it was not a horrible experience. It wasn't fun, but childbirth never is. I think the important part is to continue to trust your medical team.
For me: they had me check in the night before for the Cervadil, they put it in at 7pm, and by midnight I was having contractions on my own, and by 7am, I was dialated to 3cm and in labor (no pitocin yet) so they got me to a L&D room and let me labor on my own for a while to see if my body would do what it should at this point. By 10 am I was at 7cm, and contracting regularly... sometime between 7 & 8 cm, LO's heart rate started acting unfavorable, so they gave me something to slow down the contractions to let him recover, and once the monitors started looking better for him they gave me the pitocin to start things back up. Unfotunately his heartrate really started dropping and not recovering, so at 2:45pm I had a csect to get him out. They discovered at that point that his cord was wrapped around his neck 3 times.
Some people would claim that the induction caused the csect, but in my case I don't think so. I think the induction only made me be hooked up to the monitors that showed DS in distress. Otherwise, I would have labored longer and he may not have made it.