*cry* induction booked for tomorrow....

[PreggoEggo]

Arrgghhh!!!! i cannot BELIEVE tomorrow is potentially my induction day- this never even entered my head when thinking about my birth. Am only +14, so still at 42 weeks which I know is still in the norm. I so want my homebirth, but it is looking so unlikely now. Why hasnt this baby popped?!? My other DCs came without any problems. My last labour was so easy, under 2.5 hours and I thought the same would happen this time round, in the comfort of my own home in my birthing pool.

We're going to go in tomorrow and I want to know what they plan on doing. I wont need a pessary as I am already 2-3 cm dilated, so Im guessing membrane rupture. But I know if they do that then I am going to be on the clock before they want to intervene with drugs. Oh i hate the thought of it, unbearable. I was going to ask if they broke my waters a)how long i'd have before they intervened again, b) if i could go home, and c) if i cant go home can i use the birthing pool.

Sigh. dont know what else to do. Just having a moan.

I'm not sure what to advise as don't know too much about inductions. but just wanted to say GOOD LUCK and hoping baby decides to get a move on before then. :)

It's the worst feeling, isn't it? If you have ARM can you use a hospital pool? They can't force you to do anything, but you already know that I'm sure.
And I know loads of people who told me that many, many babies arrive the night before their induction!

Preggo, my deepest sympathies and sincere hopes that something will happen overnight - you never know .

My DS1 was born at T+15 - I was induced after I declined induction the day before as I thought things were beginning to happen. The labour and delivery I had with him was fine although not exactly 'waterbirth at home'; cascade of interventions yadda yadda, but still a Good Birth in my memory.

There are other options though:
Watchful wait with regular/daily monitoring.
Try to achieve orgasm tonight - with your DH or on your own . The contractions due coming can induce 'proper' contraction or make your waters break (ahem, that would be me with DS4 )

I'll not bore with all the other ways to make labour more likely. You probably know and won't fancy 24kg of pineapple just now.
Try and relax as best you can.
I think policies re pool/going home etc after induction vary locally quite a lot. I know I would have been allowed in the pool even though my waters had gone - but DS4 arrived within 10min of our arrival in the hospital.

Very, very best of luck. One way, or another, you'll soon be sniffing newborn head

Good luck preggo - Will be thinking of you tomorrow and have fingers crossed things go smoothly and as naturally as possible.

You don't have to go in you know, if you don't want to. The anxiety could be stopping you labouring spontaneously. Baby isn't born yet because it's not ready. Some women are naturally pregnant for just 36 weeks, others for 42+. I think one poster on a thread yesterday said her first was born at 43+3.

See how you feel tomorrow. I know at my CLU there's no pool, only in the MLU next door and that couldn't be used as induction was only on the CLU.

Hope all goes well if you do go in.

Oh - and they can't make you stay. You are a patient, not a prisoner. You may find it hard to get CMW support if you have ARM then discharge yourself if you go into labour but only because you'll probably have been taken off the HB board.

Is it you who thinks the dates are 10 days out Preggo? If so, had your other DC been born by +4? Only you can make the decisions on induction, but maybe your baby is just like the others?

hi Preggo, just want to say I was booked in for an induction at 42 weeks, really didn;t want to be induced as wanted water birth. However, labour started naturally in the mornin(were booked in for afternoon.) I hope that this happens for you to. Wish you lots of luck!

I agree, try your level best to get to orgasm tonight with your DH, that can be more effective at inducing labour than the gel in the hospital.

If you don't want to go in then don't go in. You must follow your instinct.

If it were me I'd be trying to see if I could get a scan to see that all was well and I'd wait it out for as long as I felt comfortable with that choice. I would stay at home for as long as possible and request a midwife when in labour even if I was further along by their dates.

I do hope you have a lovey time tonight with your husband and then are holding a beautiful baby by morning!

Are you still there, Preggo?

Hey Preggo, perhaps you're in labour now and dodged this induction against the odds? I really hope so for you. If not, look on the bright side...at 42 weeks and 2 cm dilation it's unlikely they'd need to do anything more than ARM and you're baby will be in your arms real soon
Keep us posted

vanilla at 42weeks and 2-3 cm I still took 17 hours of syntocinon, an epidural and forceps to evict DD! Hopefully OP will have her lovely baby by now though!

OP I hope you are OK, just to counter Flissflaps birth in an attempt to sway the "good induction births" I was 1cm at 37 weeks, MW managed to perform an ARM and my DD arrrived 43 mins later

Induction doesn't always mean doom and gloom. Although I didn't quite have time for the bath or pool that I'd indicated I wanted

You don't need to do this if you don't want to.

after a lengthy discussion with the consultant and lots of (unnecessary) monitoring, induction moved to thurs (phew!) which gives me time to at least digest that as a possibility. hoping for baby before then!

So glad to hear that. I was booked for an induction when I didn't feel ready, and on the day of the deed we found a consultant who agreed with me that there was no pressing need to induce, I would have told him I loved him if he hadn't had his hand up my fanjo at the time...

Glad to hear that . Sending you lots of relaxing vibes so you have a swift smooth homebirth before Thursday.

If not, remember you don't have to be induced if you choose not to be, and I'm sure I've come across at least one other person discharging themselves and having a homebirth after having their waters broken in hospital. Could have been on the homebirth reference site maybe?

Good luck

Good news preggo! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you x (by the way, i might be induced on Thursday too but sincerely hope you go before then)

Yay great news preggo! Now get on the pineapple, walking, sexing, nipple tweaking, currying and everything elsing! :)

Great! Fingers crossed.

thank you lovely lovely ladies :)

Oh, excellent news !

Fabulous. Another 3 days and nights yet, that's ages.

May I suggest you don't try any of the old wives tales to bring labour on - they don't work and you'll only get more and more frustrated and knackered and sick of pineapple if nothing happens.

If you're going to go into labour, you may as well do so sitting on your backside watching TV and eating Jaffa Cakes

Good luck preggo. My Mw recommended expressing milk as another induction tip today. You need to find 3x 20 mins a day to do it but she reckoned it was v effective.

i think im going to take fliss's advice and just spend the next few days relaxing, ive spent so much time walking and doing silly things, and have just been exhausting myself. Might have a gentle walk into town and look at the shops as my MIL is staying so she can have the girls. xx