Hi ladies, I'm currently 40+5 with my second child. DS1 was born naturally at 39+4 (spontaneous labour) and I wrongly assumed that this one would be slightly early too, so am feeling really fed up.
My MW tried to do a sweep on Monday but as my cervix was still 1cm thick and 1cm dilated it was very uncomfortable and she wasn't able to do it. Instead I've been booked in for an appointment at the maternity ward tomorrow at 4pm. Apparently they will carry out an exam and if they are able to break my waters they will send me home to return on Sunday (at 41 weeks) to break them then. If they can't break watts then I will stay overnight with a view to being induced on Sunday.
I was wondering whether three are any advantages to having waters broken in order to induce labour as opposed to induction via drugs? I had heard it was just as painful as contractions tend to start quickly and strongly anyway. Does it always work to induce labour too, or might I end up in the induction drugs anyway?
Thanks
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DinkyPenguin · 26/08/2016 18:56
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