For those who have been induced...

Tennis Chick · November 2012

Did they do the cervidal (sp) and pitocin? Or was breaking your water enough to get things going?

nanabanana06 · November 2012

It all depends. If your like 4 cm they may just break your water and see what happens. If you were like me and 1 cm then they will do cervadil the night before then pit. Either way in all honesty it sets you up to have a baby in 24 hours (or less) or you get a C/S.

Todd&Laura · November 2012

Cervidil first...didn't work

Pitocin, got things rolling

Then, broke water...gave birth about twelve hours later

HawaiiLover · November 2012

Cervidil the night before and 5 minutes after they hooked me up to pitocin my water broke. Little one was born within 4 hours

PandasMama0626 · November 2012

My water broke and contractions never started, so they put me on pitocin. Not a fan of it, but for whatever reason my body was just not doing what it needed to after my water broke.

AimeeL85 · November 2012

I was induced at 37 weeks with my first and was not dilated or effaced at all, so I was started on Cervadil around 7pm the night before. (They had scheduled the induction around 36 weeks and I guess assumed I would be at 0 progress, because I have heard that they can skip the Cervadil if you've progressed on your own to a certain extent).

Anyway, I was given Cervadil around 7pm, this caused my water to break on its own at 5am, and they did still start me on Pitocin around 9:30am. DS was born a little after 4pm.

MrsCarroll.6-10-07 · November 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
Either way in all honesty it sets you up to have a baby in 24 hours (or less) or you get a C/S.

Not really true.

My first induction took 3 days, about 65 hours. Started the misoprostal at 7am Thursday morning and did only that all day and took a few hours to break and rest/eat/shower. Then started the pitoctin the next day at 7am, did that all day with a few hours to break at night to rest/eat/shower. Then started pitocin again the next morning at like 4-5 am. Got to 5cm or so, epidural, broke water, delivered at 1130pm that night. (Nearly 3 days total for the induction. Each item they let me "break" my body kept working and contracting so I wasn't really resting much.

ETA: I was only about a finger tip -1 cm effaced, very little effacement.

nanabanana06 · November 2012

MrsCarroll.6-10-07:
Nana_Osaki06:
Either way in all honesty it sets you up to have a baby in 24 hours (or less) or you get a C/S.
Not really true.
My first induction took 3 days, about 65 hours. Started the misoprostal at 7am Thursday morning and did only that all day and took a few hours to break and rest/eat/shower. Then started the pitoctin the next day at 7am, did that all day with a few hours to break at night to rest/eat/shower. Then started pitocin again the next morning at like 4-5 am. Got to 5cm or so, epidural, broke water, delivered at 1130pm that night. (Nearly 3 days total for the induction. Each item they let me "break" my body kept working and contracting so I wasn't really resting much.

ETA: I was only about a finger tip -1 cm effaced, very little effacement.

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.

ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

RissKay · November 2012

Nana_Osaki06:

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.
ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

Grrr. Every time I hear your story, I get mad for you. I'm glad you and Rosie are safe and sound from it all, but it irks me.

mrstorrestobe · November 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
MrsCarroll.6-10-07:

Nana_Osaki06:
Either way in all honesty it sets you up to have a baby in 24 hours (or less) or you get a C/S.

Not really true.

My first induction took 3 days, about 65 hours. Started the misoprostal at 7am Thursday morning and did only that all day and took a few hours to break and rest/eat/shower. Then started the pitoctin the next day at 7am, did that all day with a few hours to break at night to rest/eat/shower. Then started pitocin again the next morning at like 4-5 am. Got to 5cm or so, epidural, broke water, delivered at 1130pm that night. (Nearly 3 days total for the induction. Each item they let me "break" my body kept working and contracting so I wasn't really resting much.

ETA: I was only about a finger tip -1 cm effaced, very little effacement.

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.

ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

I personally know at least 20 women (including sisters, cousins, and good friends) who have had very successful inductions starting at 39 weeks, dilated or not. Not one that ended in c/s. And one of those women, her OB let her push for FIVE hours. She ended up pushing baby boy out and all was fine. So it totally depends on your body and your practitioner.

yinyang124 · November 2012

I was 5cm with a slow leak in Baby A's water, so they just gave me pitocin. After they broke his water completely, they took me off pitocin because my body was able to take over from there.

NicoleWI · November 2012

Cervadil the night before (Weds night). Really wasn't dilated at all going in and it didn't really do anything. Pitocin starting 9:00 a.m. or so Thursday. They broke my water sometime during the day. Baby born 3:45 a.m. Friday.

I was not thrilled w/ the whole induction experience and would prefer not to do it again without a stronger reason and/or some progress before hand. But, it might have been just as bad with a first delivery and no pitocin--I'll never know for sure.

With DS, my water broke but I still had no contractions until they had to start pitocin, but the whole thing just went much more smoothly and felt different/more manageable. Water broke 3pm-ish and baby was born 8:00 a.m. next day.

nanabanana06 · November 2012

mrstorrestobe:
Nana_Osaki06:
MrsCarroll.6-10-07:

Nana_Osaki06:
Either way in all honesty it sets you up to have a baby in 24 hours (or less) or you get a C/S.

Not really true.

My first induction took 3 days, about 65 hours. Started the misoprostal at 7am Thursday morning and did only that all day and took a few hours to break and rest/eat/shower. Then started the pitoctin the next day at 7am, did that all day with a few hours to break at night to rest/eat/shower. Then started pitocin again the next morning at like 4-5 am. Got to 5cm or so, epidural, broke water, delivered at 1130pm that night. (Nearly 3 days total for the induction. Each item they let me "break" my body kept working and contracting so I wasn't really resting much.

ETA: I was only about a finger tip -1 cm effaced, very little effacement.

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.

ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

I personally know at least 20 women (including sisters, cousins, and good friends) who have had very successful inductions starting at 39 weeks, dilated or not. Not one that ended in c/s. And one of those women, her OB let her push for FIVE hours. She ended up pushing baby boy out and all was fine. So it totally depends on your body and your practitioner.

I agree. All the people I know who have been induced were at the same hospital. However, I think most inductions are completely not needed and are done more for the doctors convenience than yours. I had a terrible induction story and I honestly think that if they laid off the pit, let me walk around, and gave me the time I needed I probably wouldn't have had such a terrible experience. My water broke on it's own too. I am kind of thankful I will not be going back to that hospital or the OB practice with this baby, since they do not allow VBACs.

NicoleWI · November 2012

PS Saw post above about pushing. My OB also let me push for five hours with DD. Three hours (and some vacuum) with DS.

Brit242 · November 2012

I was induced due to pre-e. Was 0% and 0cm. Was given Cervadil at 8pm Thursday, Pitocin Friday morning, they broke my water Friday afternoon, started pushing Saturday around 2am, LO was born at 6:14am Saturday. All in all my labor was 34 hours long and I pushed for almost 4 hours. Despite having so many interventions, everything went great!

AimeeL85 · November 2012

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.
ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

I should probably know this, but what does it mean that they maxed out the Pitocin in 6 hours? They had already given you as much as they were allowed to and had to do a c/s because they couldn't continue it?

Randa&Jerm · November 2012

No cervadil, just pitocin started in am. I didn't have any dilation to start with at 11 days over with my first.

nanabanana06 · November 2012

AimeeL85:
I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.
ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.
I should probably know this, but what does it mean that they maxed out the Pitocin in 6 hours? They had already given you as much as they were allowed to and had to do a c/s because they couldn't continue it?

With pit they are supposed to "up" your dosage over a set amount of time until you reach a good pattern and are dilating. Since they start you out on a low dose to begin with and go from there. It should take hours for you to get maxed out and most hospitals don't like doing so. Since it can cause the baby to go into fetal distress and your uterus to get over worked. I went from the lowest dose of pitocin to the max amount they can legally give you in 6 hours. Then I was kept at max pit for 4 hour or more. I only made it to 4.5 cm. So they called me failure to progress and wheeled my butt into the OR.

MrsCarroll.6-10-07 · November 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
mrstorrestobe:
Nana_Osaki06:
MrsCarroll.6-10-07:

Nana_Osaki06:
Either way in all honesty it sets you up to have a baby in 24 hours (or less) or you get a C/S.

Not really true.

My first induction took 3 days, about 65 hours. Started the misoprostal at 7am Thursday morning and did only that all day and took a few hours to break and rest/eat/shower. Then started the pitoctin the next day at 7am, did that all day with a few hours to break at night to rest/eat/shower. Then started pitocin again the next morning at like 4-5 am. Got to 5cm or so, epidural, broke water, delivered at 1130pm that night. (Nearly 3 days total for the induction. Each item they let me "break" my body kept working and contracting so I wasn't really resting much.

ETA: I was only about a finger tip -1 cm effaced, very little effacement.

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.

ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

I personally know at least 20 women (including sisters, cousins, and good friends) who have had very successful inductions starting at 39 weeks, dilated or not. Not one that ended in c/s. And one of those women, her OB let her push for FIVE hours. She ended up pushing baby boy out and all was fine. So it totally depends on your body and your practitioner.
I agree. All the people I know who have been induced were at the same hospital. However, I think most inductions are completely not needed and are done more for the doctors convenience than yours. I had a terrible induction story and I honestly think that if they laid off the pit, let me walk around, and gave me the time I needed I probably wouldn't have had such a terrible experience. My water broke on it's own too. I am kind of thankful I will not be going back to that hospital or the OB practice with this baby, since they do not allow VBACs.

I'm really happy that my doctors let me go slow. I was over due and in a lot of pain. They like to wait until 41 weeks to induce. I've had 2 successful inductions and if this baby is late will have a 3rd.

I have a few friends that were induced and ended with C/S but I think it was for the reasons you guys mentioned. They pushed it too fast and didn't let the body do the work at all.

Jenilyn and Matthew · November 2012

I was 4 cm when I went in. Got a little bit of Pitocin to get things started, broke my water a few hours later. I was in labor at the hospital about 8 hours total before DD was born.

nanabanana06 · November 2012

MrsCarroll.6-10-07:
Nana_Osaki06:
mrstorrestobe:
Nana_Osaki06:
MrsCarroll.6-10-07:

Nana_Osaki06:
Either way in all honesty it sets you up to have a baby in 24 hours (or less) or you get a C/S.

Not really true.

My first induction took 3 days, about 65 hours. Started the misoprostal at 7am Thursday morning and did only that all day and took a few hours to break and rest/eat/shower. Then started the pitoctin the next day at 7am, did that all day with a few hours to break at night to rest/eat/shower. Then started pitocin again the next morning at like 4-5 am. Got to 5cm or so, epidural, broke water, delivered at 1130pm that night. (Nearly 3 days total for the induction. Each item they let me "break" my body kept working and contracting so I wasn't really resting much.

ETA: I was only about a finger tip -1 cm effaced, very little effacement.

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.

ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

I personally know at least 20 women (including sisters, cousins, and good friends) who have had very successful inductions starting at 39 weeks, dilated or not. Not one that ended in c/s. And one of those women, her OB let her push for FIVE hours. She ended up pushing baby boy out and all was fine. So it totally depends on your body and your practitioner.
I agree. All the people I know who have been induced were at the same hospital. However, I think most inductions are completely not needed and are done more for the doctors convenience than yours. I had a terrible induction story and I honestly think that if they laid off the pit, let me walk around, and gave me the time I needed I probably wouldn't have had such a terrible experience. My water broke on it's own too. I am kind of thankful I will not be going back to that hospital or the OB practice with this baby, since they do not allow VBACs.
I'm really happy that my doctors let me go slow. I was over due and in a lot of pain. They like to wait until 41 weeks to induce. I've had 2 successful inductions and if this baby is late will have a 3rd.
I have a few friends that were induced and ended with C/S but I think it was for the reasons you guys mentioned. They pushed it too fast and didn't let the body do the work at all.

I was 41 weeks as well. However, 41 weeks does not mean your over due. 40 weeks is just an average. This is why I fought with my new doc to go as long as medically possible unless the baby shows signs of distress. I kind of hope he comes long before then though!

julliette888 · November 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
AimeeL85:

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.

ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

I should probably know this, but what does it mean that they maxed out the Pitocin in 6 hours? They had already given you as much as they were allowed to and had to do a c/s because they couldn't continue it?

With pit they are supposed to "up" your dosage over a set amount of time until you reach a good pattern and are dilating. Since they start you out on a low dose to begin with and go from there. It should take hours for you to get maxed out and most hospitals don't like doing so. Since it can cause the baby to go into fetal distress and your uterus to get over worked. I went from the lowest dose of pitocin to the max amount they can legally give you in 6 hours. Then I was kept at max pit for 4 hour or more. I only made it to 4.5 cm. So they called me failure to progress and wheeled my butt into the OR.

Wow, Nana_osaki, clearly you had a very difficult induction. I'm curious besides the obvious of not electing to do a induction again..

what is the one thing you would suggest to look into to educate other moms facing inductions? In regards to pitoci, time, etc. thanks!!

nanabanana06 · November 2012

julliette888:
Nana_Osaki06:
AimeeL85:

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.

ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

I should probably know this, but what does it mean that they maxed out the Pitocin in 6 hours? They had already given you as much as they were allowed to and had to do a c/s because they couldn't continue it?

With pit they are supposed to "up" your dosage over a set amount of time until you reach a good pattern and are dilating. Since they start you out on a low dose to begin with and go from there. It should take hours for you to get maxed out and most hospitals don't like doing so. Since it can cause the baby to go into fetal distress and your uterus to get over worked. I went from the lowest dose of pitocin to the max amount they can legally give you in 6 hours. Then I was kept at max pit for 4 hour or more. I only made it to 4.5 cm. So they called me failure to progress and wheeled my butt into the OR.

Wow, Nana_osaki, clearly you had a very difficult induction. I'm curious besides the obvious of not electing to do a induction again..

what is the one thing you would suggest to look into to educate other moms facing inductions? In regards to pitoci, time, etc. thanks!!

Don't let them pressure into one at 41 weeks. Try to get them to give you another week. Often times it's just your baby needing a little more time. Keep interventions to a minimum. So for me when I do go into labor I will not get an IV, I will not allow constant fetal monitoring, and I do not want them to restrict me to my bed. Walk as much as humanly possible, sit on the birthing ball, do whatever feels good, but keep moving those hips. Staying still can cause the baby to not do the things it needs to. Like moving into the birth canal, ect. Let gravity do the work. Try to eat and drink to keep your energy up. Don't get your epi or get into a tub until you are 5 cm, getting it earlier can cause you to stop progressing. Keep track of how often they up your pit. My biggest advice is to fight for time. Lots of docs will jump the gun on the whole time issue.

julliette888 · November 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
julliette888:
Nana_Osaki06:
AimeeL85:

I think it honestly depends on your practitioner. If your water is broken, then yes your on the clock. My water was only broken 12 hours and they were wheeling my butt into the OR cuz they maxed out the pit in less than 10 hours on purpose. Any way you put it. Inductions do mean interventions, which results in a higher chance of C/S. I only know 2 people who have had successful inductions and they were 4 or 5 cm going in.

ETA I was also maxed out for over 4 hours as well. So it took them less than 6 hours to max me out on pit.

I should probably know this, but what does it mean that they maxed out the Pitocin in 6 hours? They had already given you as much as they were allowed to and had to do a c/s because they couldn't continue it?

With pit they are supposed to "up" your dosage over a set amount of time until you reach a good pattern and are dilating. Since they start you out on a low dose to begin with and go from there. It should take hours for you to get maxed out and most hospitals don't like doing so. Since it can cause the baby to go into fetal distress and your uterus to get over worked. I went from the lowest dose of pitocin to the max amount they can legally give you in 6 hours. Then I was kept at max pit for 4 hour or more. I only made it to 4.5 cm. So they called me failure to progress and wheeled my butt into the OR.

Wow, Nana_osaki, clearly you had a very difficult induction. I'm curious besides the obvious of not electing to do a induction again..

what is the one thing you would suggest to look into to educate other moms facing inductions? In regards to pitoci, time, etc. thanks!!

Don't let them pressure into one at 41 weeks. Try to get them to give you another week. Often times it's just your baby needing a little more time. Keep interventions to a minimum. So for me when I do go into labor I will not get an IV, I will not allow constant fetal monitoring, and I do not want them to restrict me to my bed. Walk as much as humanly possible, sit on the birthing ball, do whatever feels good, but keep moving those hips. Staying still can cause the baby to not do the things it needs to. Like moving into the birth canal, ect. Let gravity do the work. Try to eat and drink to keep your energy up. Don't get your epi or get into a tub until you are 5 cm, getting it earlier can cause you to stop progressing. Keep track of how often they up your pit. My biggest advice is to fight for time. Lots of docs will jump the gun on the whole time issue.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Appreaciate you sharing your personal experience and advice. Best of luck to you. I'm sure this time around you will have a postive happy birth experience.

nanabanana06 · November 2012

julliette888:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Appreaciate you sharing your personal experience and advice. Best of luck to you. I'm sure this time around you will have a postive happy birth experience.

No prob. Just remember they can't make you do anything. Your the patient, you need to make sure all procedures are passed by you first. This is a big reason I got a Doula. Also, thank you. I'm really hoping that this little guy decides to come on his own in a few weeks and I get my med free VBAC.

Jen748 · November 2012

I was 4cm and induced at 40w4d - they broke my water that morning, took me off the pit an hour later.

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