Is there any point to induction by gel instead of drip?

[wildpoppy]

Just planning this birth (haha - best laid plans and all that).

Had premature rupture of membranes with dd and was induced by drip 24 hours later. Don't mind if I end up being induced again but have come to conclusion, based purely on anecdotes from other mums, that pessary induction never seems to go anywhere and ends up in a drip induction a day later with the woman an extra day of tired.

So would it be reasonable, if it came to induction, to say no to pessary and ask for drip straight away.

(By the way I had epidural last time at same
time induction and fully plan to have another one this time).

Was just chatting to a friend who had DC1 on Saturday, was induced. They did the gel 3x with her, and that got her to 1cm. They then broke her waters and baby arrived about 6 hours later. So it seems gel at least got her cervix open enough to break her waters?

Hi ladies
Currently being induced because of GD .. have had a 24h pessary which took my cervix from
Kind of open to flat but nothing more .. then had a gel
For 6 hours which did nothing ... then another gel and waiting to be seen but no pains nothing even though I've walked and walked and bounced ... starting to feel a bit deflated.. any positive stories after a failed pessary and gel ? What's even my next step? I don't want a c section unless emergency of course because of the after recovery xxx

I was booked in to get induced with my first but they ended up just giving me a sweep and told me I’m 2cm dilated. Then a few hours later took me to delivery suite and broke my waters and gave me the drip. Not sure why they didn’t induce me though.. is it because I was 2cm dilated?
It wasn’t going anywhere for hours so they ended up giving me the drip. The contractions were horrible.. ended up getting epidural 😬

@AyyX

I was booked in to get induced with my first but they ended up just giving me a sweep and told me I’m 2cm dilated. Then a few hours later took me to delivery suite and broke my waters and gave me the drip. Not sure why they didn’t induce me though.. is it because I was 2cm dilated? It wasn’t going anywhere for hours so they ended up giving me the drip. The contractions were horrible.. ended up getting epidural 😬

The drip is being induced. The pessaries and gel are to ripen your cervix. Yours was clearly already ready

Ohh ok
Thanks for explaining!

My first birth my waters went and I didn’t get any contractions so 24hrs after waters went I was given the pessary and that started my contractions within an hour and baby born 7.5hrs after pessary. No drip needed and I just needed gas and air.