To still be waiting to be induced 6 hours after being told to arrive at hospital?

[Justfeckingdoit]

St Georges.

No one can tell me when it will be. Should I go home to rest and come back tomorrow?

God, Female solidarity way to make her feel better. Labour is a personal experience so no good trying to scare her because you had a rough time.

OP you'll be fine, try and rest as much as you can now, i knpow its boring but eat and read trashy magazines if you can. Its the not know that is awful. Why don't you ask can you go for a walk and come back in an hour? It might gee them along a bit.

I went in on Wednesday morning to be induced and they didn't start until Friday evening. Lack of staff. Sorry, six hours isn't much at all.

I would be very inclined to go home. There is only one doctor on duty and it sounds really busy -- that means you have a prospect of being taken care of by people in a hurry who are overloaded with work. I don't think you should want to be induced today. They can't make you stay without giving you a good medical reason and you have to consent anyway. You need to be rested before labour and if you are not in a bed right now you will not get rest.

(What Snowsquonk and Booy said in other words, but I would go further than just 'suggesting' that you go home after getting them to monitor you. If you can't even get them to do the monitoring, then I would definitely make loud noises about leaving.)

magic if that post was directed at me then it is misdirected. i was not rying to scare anyone. i wanted OP to be aware that induction can be painful, rather than her presuming it wouldn't be as others have said theirs were. nothing wrong with her having an idea of teh differing experiences otehrs have had. better to be prepared.

How frustrating for you to have to just sit there, waiting. :( Hope tey get round to you soon. guess they must have had lots of labours happening.

I had about a two hour wait and that felt like a lifetime, just sat not knowing.

Actually it was mostly directed at iprivate for her "actually pretty damn violating and painful" comment, that is only her experience. Lots of people have perfectly good experiences of induction and most of the time they are medically necessary so no real choice. I doubt she is going into it with out having read or heard anything.

However i'm sure the OP is well aware that labour can be painful and does not need reminding at this time. The whole basis behind something like natal hypnotherapy is not being afraid as being afraid stresses us out which results in a much more unpleasant experience. You wouldn't say that to somebody waiting for a dental extraction in a dentists waiting room now would you or maybe YOU would after all thats only your experience.

Oh dear. Yep, took me five days too. And, because I was high risk, I had to be in hospital for all of those five days. Worst bit of giving birth for me- labour was nowhere near as stressful, because I honestly thought for each minute of those five days that somebody would be up soon.

I really feel for you!

TBH i would rather someone had told me before my induction that it was likely to be more painful than my first labour. at least then i wouldn't have panicked when it got really bad and i was thinking something must be wrong. i would rather know as much as possible upfront to know what to expect.

Oh right i didn't realise the title of the OP was "what is induction like" oh wait...

i hate to tell you but i went in for an induction at 9 am on wed was told they were too busy and it was a first come first served thing on inductions, i was the only one waiting so i thought well, ill wait a bit and go home if nowt happens. i stayed the night after being told it might happen in the night. thurs morning 6 other women came in for induction. they were still full and couldnt start induction. apart from doing sweeps. i didnt need a pill, i just needed waters breaking. was told if i went home now i would lose my place and be 6th. i was 11 days overdue by this poiint and fed up so i stayed. i wasnt induced till saturday morning. in this time even more women came in for induction. and the poor midwives had to continually explain to the new girls about going home and the wait and how full it was, some took it well. some reeeeally didnt. it was the longest 3 days of my life. worth it though! in the end!
but be prepared for a wait. if someone goes into labour naturaly, they will take the bed. its easier for inductions to be sidelined.

Oh FGS melons. are you really saying people can only respond with the precise answer required?? how dull would MN be then.

"AIBU?"
"yes"
"yes"
"no"
"not sure so i shouldn't really be answering"

I think this is quite normal having to wait, happened to me when I was induced with my ds1 too was told to come along for about 8am but not induced til the evening, as they had a lot of women in labour and so they have to manage their numbers. It is quite frustrating as you feel like nothing is happening and dont know what's going on, but if I'm in that situation again i will do like numbertaker said and try to use the time for relaxing, go wander around etc and see if they can call me when they are ready, rather than waiting around in the induction ward twiddling thumbs just feel bored and anxious..
yanbu to find it annoying though but would try not to let it stress you out too much, it does sound very normal to be having this delay
and good luck!!!

wow melons, you are rude arent you. or have mn enlisted somekind of posting police force, that no one but you seems to know about?
this is a public forum. she has posted in aibu. people can post what they like, and from what i can see people have so far only posted their own experinces so op knows what to expect.
i wish i had known before hand! knowledge is power and all that.

As its AIBU i think i'm entitled to my opinion too. How exactly is my post rude? I am pointing out that the comments that iprivate and booyhoo aren't excactly helpful to the OP.

I was induced and my labour was around 6 hours with only a paracetamol, it was the best experience of my life. Don't listen to people saying it's awful. Good luck! When the process has started if u can do lots of walking - that helps it speed up! Xx

well IMO, my post may be helpful to OP. as i said, i would have preferred if someone (anyone) had told me before my induction to expect more pain than my first labour.

Thanks for all your replies, they are really helping me to stay calm and keep things in perspective.

In for induction 4 days before due date as baby smalli

Oh just been told need ecs

Ahhhhh St Georges brings back memories, they are always busy aren't they...I nearly had DD2 in the waiting room as they kept saying they were sooooooooo busy and I just had to wait and then I was like I need to push to DH and all hell broke lose and they booted someone out of a delivery suite and got me in there just in time.

Hang on in there OP, but make sure they haven't forgotten about you.

Good luck....

justfecking good luck. I hope it all goes smoothly from now

Good Luck OP.

I am about to have my first and may have to be induced and I have found reading all of the different experiences really helpful. I like to know what could happen so I dont have that fear of the unknown lurking in my brain.