Do you regret being induced?

VCHeditor · January 2009

If you were induced, did you regret it? I regret being induced. I was 41 weeks when I was induced because I was so uncomfortable I didn't think I could handle another day and the u/s showed my baby was measuring large.

It was a 30 hour ordeal and I was minutes away from needing a c-section because after 6 hours he almost did not come out (even with a vaccum). I had an episiotomy, ended up getting postpartum pre-e and anemia. It was nearly a month before I could care for DS w/o assistance.

I wonder if I would have just waited if he would have come on his own or if I would have needed to be induced in the end anyway (I guess I would likely needed a c-section if he had grown bigger).

Just wondered if anyone else sorta regrets being induced. I wish I would have done some research on it instead of just agreeing to it.

punkfiction · January 2009

nooooo!! I would do it every time if I could.

1MusicMaker · January 2009

I had no choice b/c of PIH, so no. He was born healthy, and if I wasn't induced there was a good chance he wouldn't have been...

alicatt79 · January 2009

I don't regret it. I was 39 weeks and my entire labor took 8 hours from start to finish. Aside from a 2nd degree tear and an epidural that didn't work, it was super easy.

Daniela79 · January 2009

you know what i regret? not having the "this is it honey,let's go to the hospital" moment...

I had to be induced a week earlier due to low fluids.. so i never got to have that feeling that it was time to go.

Other than that, I had a pretty good induction so I don't mind that part!

JARbaby · January 2009

I was with #1 for 4 days and ended with a csection. Dont regret any of it.

*Mush* · January 2009

i HATED being induced but i didnt have a choice (high risk), It was long and horrible

I'm going straight for the elective c-section next time

mrstice · January 2009

Yes. Although I didn't really have a choice, I was induced at 42 weeks. I guess I could have told my midwife 'no' but then I would have been on my own... I had planned on a natural, med-free birth (although I managed without pain meds). (Story in my bio).

I just wish I had experienced the "Oh my gosh I think I'm in labor" moment. I wish I could have labored at home. I'm praying my next babe isn't quite so stubborn!

CMDR513 · January 2009

Due to superimposed pre-eclampsia, I was forced to have an induction. After 16 hrs and complications, I ended up w/ a C-Section. The C-Section was great. I don't regret it because it caused me to end up w/ a C-Section which resulted with DS being born healthy.

liz606 · January 2009

Not at all!

I was almost 2 weeks late, and I had an emergency induction due to low heart rate. The whole thing from start to finish took 7 hours, I only had to push 7 times. I would do it again in a second--I hate pain and would have hated laboring for several hours before getting an epidural.

bstngrl578 · January 2009

Not at all.

macaroni1979 · January 2009

Daniela79:
you know what i regret? not having the "this is it honey,let's go to the hospital" moment...

I had to be induced a week earlier due to low fluids.. so i never got to have that feeling that it was time to go.

Other than that, I had a pretty good induction so I don't mind that part!

I feel the EXACT same way. I always wonder what labor would have been like, when I would have started contractions, when my water would have broken...And I too had to be induced after my 37 week appt, due to low fluids. But, my induction went well, so I can't complain after the fact.

ab&jim · January 2009

Like many others, I regret not having the moment of "okay, it's time to go." I had wanted a low intervention water birth and a lot of my wishlist/birth plan had to go out the window when they started the pitocin.

I was overdue, but only 41 weeks 2 day and they would have let me go to 42 weeks if we had been a more stellar student during our NSTs. Low fluid led to the induction, but I was still able to go epidural free and had her in less than 10 hours when my midwife thought we'd be there all night.

stina022 · January 2009

In a way I do. I hated having to be hooked up to an I.V. and all the monitors. I was really uncomfortable. I had horrible back labor and pushed for 2.5 hours because DS was face up and tilted. I wonder if things would have been different if he would have came on his own. I also get kind of sad when other people talk about that "honey, I think it's time" moment because I didn't get to experience that. When we were leaving the hospital I kept thinking that it wasn't right, I should still be pregnant (I blame the hormones on that thought.) If I have another I will be way more hesitant to be induced.

cchrisler · January 2009

I'm with *Mush*, was induced for pre-e and had a horrible experience. I can't say I "regret" it because I didnt have a choice. I will say that if my next (potential) pregnancy complicates I would probably skip right to an elective c sect and save myself and baby from the trauma. My body didnt respond well to an induction and neither did DD's.

smiling76 · January 2009

I did at the time BUT thank GOD that I was induced or our little man wouldn't be here. I went in to be induced b/c I was almost 2 wks late and before they could even start the pit he started to go in to distress....after it happened 3x and the third time they could barely get him back---they did an emerg c/s.....it was so surreal but the cord was wrapped around his neck--I couldn't even sit up or his heart rate would drastically slow.....so thank goodness that I had gone in when I did. I could have waited a few more days.....just to think about it.

jay.otter · January 2009

Not at all. I had pre-e and it needed to be done. I have to say labor and delivery was the easy part of my whole ordeal. Labor was 8 hours and I only had to push a few times.

craziheazo · January 2009

I had pre-e, so I didn't have a choice, but I don't regret it at all. It was a VERY long process, but I truly enjoyed my labor experience.

Geekchick921 · January 2009

I don't regret it. I'm pissed about it. A radiologist misdiagnosed me with low fluid and they induced me because of that. It was going well for awhile then my progress stalled and DD's HR started to drop with my contractions and I wound up with a C-section. The doc that broke my water during my induction and my nurse at the time described me as a "gusher" and told me flat out that my fluid was anything but low, so I didn't need the damn induction at all.

I want to attempt a VBAC like there's no tomorrow. I hate that I didn't get to go into labor spontaneously, never felt non-pitocin contractions, and may not get to experience a vaginal delivery.

inbetweendreams · January 2009

I was induced at 41w. I don't necessarily regret it, but I do wonder if I should have given my body longer to do its own thing. I was in labor for 22 hours, and it ended with a c-section. I often wonder how things would have been if I had gone into labor on my own. But DS came out healthy, and that's really all that matters to me.

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