To ask how long your induction took?

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Apologies if this thread has been done before!

Currently in hospital having DC1. Had an examination and was told my cervix had already softened and midwife could feel baby's head.

I've had the first propess so now just a waiting game

How long did it take for you?

@ToastMarketingBoard yeah MW said it can take days and it's a lengthy process..

I hope not

I was induced with my first baby and my last, it took two hours for me to go into proper labour, and i gave birth to them a couple of hours after that.

@Mabellavender ahh amazing! I can only dream of that

There's a lady next to me. Just had her first pessary out after 24 hours, cervix still firm..

Gives me hope mine will be a bit quicker then

About 14 hours from first pessary to birth, and i had the first one before i went to bed for the night

Good luck op

8 hours from second pessary , both times.

6.5 hours from start of induction to baby. Bishops score of 5 so had Propess to soften my cervix. Turned out it didn’t need softening as contractions started immediately and I got to fully dilated and pushing within 3 hours. DD was b2b and got stuck so the other 3.5 hours were pushing, prep for theatre and forceps.

I would insist on an epidural if I ever had to be induced again

It was 20h to the baby but was given drip in the end. They said to walk a lot and bounce on the ball to speed up the process.

About 11 hours from pessary insertion to baby being born!

7 hours from pessary going in to DD being born. I had Mysodelle though, not propess. All the best OP!

30 hours from pessary to labour. Labour was three hours, but he was my fourth baby (induced due to ROM).

It depends if they’ve used propess or prostin. One is 6 hours apart and the other is 24 hours apart. Can usually have 2 or 3 depending on hospital policy. Some people react quickly and that’s all they need and they labour. Others need the max dose of prostaglandin, then waters breaking then the hormone drip which can take much longer. Very hard to predict but if you plan for 3-4 days anything less is a bonus. Good luck!

Drip at 9pm. 4cm at 1:30am baby born by emcs at 1:53am

98 hours from first pessary (four attempts) ended in emcs

DS2 was induced 10 years ago today. His birthday is next week!

Started to have what feels like very mild period pains..

Same as merryoldgoat 5 days, 3 goes, 1 emcs

3rd baby too, other two were vag

2.5 days, ended in EMCS, they offered me a section at the start but I wanted to give birth & get out of the hospital asap, plus I was terrified of surgery. If I had my time again I would have taken the section.

An hour after the gel I went into labour and he was born three hours after that.

I was induced on the drip, they'd already broken my waters and nothing happened and I was being induced for foetal distress so they moved on pretty quick.
From contractions starting to baby was 2 hours.

Induced at 3pm was born next day at 1pm by emcs as brow presentation, worst labour of the 3 I’ve had, the other 2 were spontaneous labours but was induced because of age and blood clot

Went in on a Saturday and had him early on Tuesday morning.

5 and 1/2 hours

pessary late afternoon. Going in labour in the evening. birth 6 hours later. this was my first.

4 hours from pessary to baby, they broke my water though for me. 2nd baby also. Back to back labour.