hospital appointment regarding being induced scared! HELP

[nadinetd]

hi ladies
im 40+1 today and have a meeting at hospital with consultant regarding being induced.
i have a pre existing problem with my hips which i have had since i was 3 and the additional pressure and weight of baby is becoming unbearable. i cant hardly walk and have to sleep on sofa as dh leaves for work Tat 4am so i either get up with him or im left upstairs all day as i cant walk down stairs alone (nightmare). i have a walking stick but still cant walk far.
baby is measuring 42 weeks so iahve to go today to see consultant, what do u think the chances r of them inducing me and does that mean i will have a longer labour rather than if it happened naturally? sorry to waffle on x

You wont necissarily have a longer labour, i was induced with DS1 at 40weeks exactly and i had an 8hr labour. Different consultants do different things. I had severe SPD and couldn't even roll over let alone walk and they wouldn't induce me even though i had a disables 2yr old son to look after! but i know there are alot of consultants who will induce in your curcumstances.

Good luck, do tell them your fears so they can put your mind at ease, at the end of the day remember they will do wht is best for you and baby.

Good luck!

I'm sorry to hear you're in so much pain. In your position, I would take my birth bag with me, and I would emphasize to your consultant just how much pain you are in, and how incapacitated you are, and ask to be induced there and then, and be prepared to be feisty about it. If your consultant is bloody minded and refuses, then do find yourself an accupuncturist fast. I had a lot of problems with painful hips to the extent I had a period when I could barely walk when I was pg and was sleeping on the couch (although I have no pre-existing condition), and 2 sessions of accupuncture solved the problem for me - I could walk after the first, and had virtually no more pain at all after the second. Hang on in there - you're nearly there! Good luck with your appointment.

thanks charlee!
is ur name charlee and thats how u spell it i think thats really different, i might nick it ha ha

thanks roskva i will do so my consultant is a lovely man who i say a lot at beginning due to misse3d mc last year so hopefully he will be able to help and he just returned from 2 weeks inb carribean so he should be happy (ill complement his tan ha ha)

went to hospital on tuesday and they asked me to go back yesterday for a scan to check babys weight, he is between 8lb 2 and 8lb 10 which is good so if he doesnt make an appearance by monday they are unducing me 9am monday morning, does it always take longer and is it more painful? this is my 1st so i have no idea x

again, as per my posts on your other thread..a lot depends on how ripe you are for induction and how well your body responds .....

Dd was induced at 38 weeks because the consultant thought she had stopped growing. I was given vaginal gel at about 11am, and started having contractions (that I couldn't feel ) late afternoon. The day was really boring, as the midwives wouldn't let me wander off because I had received medication, although I was lucky in that the labour rooms are all individual rooms in my local hospital. I started having contractions I could feel at about 4am, and was in established labour by 10.30am and fully dilated by 8pm, and dd arrived at ten to midnight.

So be prepared for a few hours of waiting for things to happen: take a good book, scrabble if you have someone there with you, some music (make sure you have plenty of batteries for your cd player cos they don't let you use the mains). Oh, and they let me use the birthing pool, as well, although dd wasn't born in it.

nadine - beware, you may find yourself on a general antenatal ward until you go into labour ... I did - and my induction (at 42 weeks) lasted 4 days (which is in no way normal) ... however, if you are in pain, make sure you ask for pain relief, as the midwives on the antenatal ward are usually so run off their feet that they won't come and ask.

I was in the antenatal ward for 36 hours earlier in this pg - and of 12 women in, 7 were being induced - made for a sleepless night for everybody.

Oh, and be aware that if you are on a general antenatal ward, your birth partner won't be allowed to stay with you overnight.

Good luck!

I'm glad I live in this area, then, because I had a room to myself from the minute I arrived at the hospital (and a midwife to myself the entire time I was in labour) all on the nhs