hi i am a ftm and am 39 wks my ob is doing an induction using cervadil on tuesday at 4pm i have been reading some posts on this and am a little worried as i wld prefer not to have a c section. Atm my cervix is is still up and sitting back and is closed can anyone tell me thier experiences with cervadi please
Re: cervidil induction
Is there a reason they're not waiting a bit longer before going the induction route?
My bff had a very successful induction a few months ago. She was dilated a bit already, having contractions but nothing regular and cervix was a bit soft but not enough. The cervidil was enough to put her into strong labor. She ended up getting a little pitocin, but I think she was pretty ready to go into labor on her own within the next few days had they waited so maybe that's why it was so successful for her. She did say it was horribly painful, but I don't think most people find the cervidil portion of an induction to be the painful part.
A lot of the time, an induction will end in a c-section if your body is not truly ready to give birth. What you said about your cervix, it doesn't sound like you are, but you may have a successful vaginal delivery--- it's one of those things that you don't know until you're in the situation.
You shouldn't do anything that you don't feel comfortable doing.
My cervical induction was a very long process but I did NOT end up with a c section. I had GD and the doc wanted to induce at 39 weeks. Because the baby was not measuring big and my numbers were controlled i talked her into letting me go to 40 weeks. We went in on a Sunday night. They inserted the cervidil and said it was something like 5 or 6 hours before they could check to see if any progress. I was maybe 1 cm when we went in. When they checked early morning I had made zero progress so they inserted another and the waiting game started over. They ended up doing this 3 or 4 times. About 24 hours in I started feeling contractions and they started getting pretty unpleasant quickly but I still was not making much progress. After a few hours of hard laboring I got an epideral even though I was not that much dilated. I was able to sleep a bit and I progressed during that time. Late Tuesday morning I was complete. I pushed for 3 hours and delivered 41 hours after going in. I am told this is very unusual and that it was because of my docs patience (and that the baby and I were doing well) that I did not end up with a section. I will probably be induced again but ths time at 39 weeks since the baby is measuring bigger. I tell people not to induce just because they are tired of being pregnant or for some other minor reason. It's not an easy process BUT if you need it you need it. My doc all but assures me the odds of it being as rough this time is very slim.
*at some point they started pitocin but I don't recall when. I think Monday night.
IVF FET - BFP, due April 2017
I had a long labor but no complications and delivered vaginally. Not all inductions turn out to be nightmares.
I haven't had it personally, but I know that cervidil is used during an induction to prep your cervix. This basically means that it will make it softer and more open (ripen it). I would be most alarmed if your OB went to use pitocin (another drug used to increase contractions) without first ripening your cervix. Inducing this way oftentimes leads to c-sections due to failure to progress or prolonged labor.
Usually cervadil won't really induce labor, just ripen the cervix. For some women, it does lead to labor. It all just depends on your body.
Malcolm
I was induced at 41w with it. They basically break it into 4 doses to ripen your cervix. About 20 mon after the first dose I was in full blown Labor. They said they had never seen that happen with a FTM and that likely I was going to go into labor in my own anyway. I had a successful vaginal delivery, I did stall out after an epidural but pitocin and 2.5 hour of pushing did the Job. Personally, I will wait until 42+ weeks before an induction this time if need be.
eta: I was 1 cm when I went in for the induction.
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