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Childbirth

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How long do inductions take? Your experiences please!!

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LucyJones · 17/05/2006 12:23

My SIL went in for an indiction last night at 5pm so I am eagerly awaiting that special phone call to annouce her news!! How long do you think it will be? Will theyhave started her off slow in the hope that she slept some of the night? TIA

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marilla · 18/05/2006 19:45

I went in on a saturday morning and gave birth monday lunchtime. 3 lots of prostaglandin gel, lots of walking around the hospital and sniffing clary sage oil....

donaldduck · 18/05/2006 20:25

Went into hospital on Thursday was induced twice - no change, induced once on the Friday - nothing. cs on Saturday.

buktus · 19/05/2006 07:05

went in at 8am wednesday morning started at 8.30 gave birth early hours saturday morning - induction hell!

sunnyside · 19/05/2006 12:46

5 hrs from beginning to end. I was lucky in that they did a sweep at clinic on tuesday, I went in Wednesday and waters were broken at lunch time. Started syntocin drip and five hours later hey presto: a bouncing baby boy!

muminaquandary · 19/05/2006 13:06

Went in a Sunday for a sweep, started with gel on Monday morning, finally in labour by Thursday night 9pm after they had thrown everything at me, delivered in theatre 9am Friday morning, ventouse & episiotomy, at 42 wks exactly. He was 10lbs 5 ounces.

Horrible aftermath, swelling, puffy, sore bum & the rest, hemorraghed 5 days later so straight back into hospital for 3 nights (that makes a total of 9 nights!!).

Having said that, one hting about the Big Ones - they sure are easy. He slept, bf, burped very loudly occasionally and otherwise is still the most chilled-out, wonderful little thing you could ever hope for ... but as for the birth experience ...

...maybe just go straight for the C-S this time!!

Eulalia · 19/05/2006 13:11

Induced with my 2nd baby at 42 weeks. Had pessary in the morning, contractions started late afternoon and continued throughout evening but fairly manageable till about 2am and then it went fairly quickly and dd born at 4.20am. I only needed one pessary and it was a very easy experience for me.

jaqnic · 19/05/2006 13:24

told by midwives that this isn't typical but here is my experience

induced as I was 2 weeks overdue, waited 24hrs as labour ward was too busy. Fri morning put in the gel, waited but nothing. They then put me on the drip, contractions made heartbeat slow down, off the drip and on oxygen. Heartbeat ok, started the drip again but lower dose, heartbeat remained fine. Eventually labour started, but once it got going only took hour and half. They broke the waters just before the pushing stage. (they took me off the drip after half an hour as I needed the toliet and the midwife said 'be quick' but then i had a whole load of contractions without the drip so they didn't feel it was necessary to hook me back up) Didn't have any pain relief and felt in control the whole time. Worst part was the wait and having the oxygen.

Joggers · 19/05/2006 21:24

Induced 6 days early as baby's growth was slowing down. I went in at 8am on Wednesday, was examined after heartbeat checks etc and was found to be almost 2cm dilated so my waters were broken at 10am. I was left to bounce on a birthing ball and walk the corridors for 4 hours to see if contractions would start but as they didn't I was put on drip at 2.30pm. Dd was delivered at 3.03am on the Thursday. Weighing a healthy 7lb 5oz.

ediemay · 19/05/2006 21:28

I was induced at T+12 and 7 failed attempts later went home for 2 days. Labour started the following day & took 40 hours. This isn't typical in any way - it just didn't work on me!

mummyto2littleprincess · 19/05/2006 22:47

with dd1 it took over 1 day but with dd2 it only took about 5hrs

fsmail · 20/05/2006 00:26

I was induced at about 6pm on the 21st and my ds was born at 5:03 on the 23rd. I had a sleeping pill on the first night to help me relax.

dandycandyjellybean · 20/05/2006 10:50

3 sweeps before hand. Went in Wednesday morning, 1 pessary, nothing. BP high so not another pessary until Thursday morning. Lots of vigourous walking about and loads and loads of lying about being monitored. Another pessary Thursday afternoon, nothing. Waters broken Friday morning, loads more walking around, another sweep. Lunchtime epidural and syntocin. Contractions started but still no dilation. Finally, 2 attempts at a catheter and 3 more attempts at an epidural I finally had an emergency cs at 10.30 Friday evening!!!!!!!!! . Fortunately we were both okay. Truly never again.

hulababy · 20/05/2006 10:57

Mine failed. Iwent in Wednesday tea time and had a c section, 50 hours later, on the Friday night. Kept the whole family waiting on tenderhooks. LOL!

redbull · 20/05/2006 11:07

horrible horrible thing being induced is,
me induced 1st time on the wed at around 4 in the afternoon, then again early hours thursday, again thursday night by this time was in slow PAINFULL labour wasnt going fast enough so they induced again then finally went on Deliveryward at midnight on the friday ds was born at 3:47.

think it all depends on the individual

colette · 20/05/2006 11:19

I went in thurs eve had one pessary at 6 pm and another about 10pm as it was my first consultant thought it would probably not work ! They did not believe I was in labour , but dd was born at 10am sat morning 40 minutes after they broke my waters- she looked stunned as if it had happened too quickly for her.
LucyJones hope you are now an aunty

plummymummy · 20/05/2006 18:40

Straight onto drip after waters broke with meconium present. 14 hours start to finish. Prolonged second stage (4 hours pushing)ended in ventouse delivery. Very painful.

oaksey · 20/05/2006 20:37

I was 40 wks + 10 days when i had my first pessary and had what i thought were contractions but was told they weren't 'effective' and my uterus was irritated so i couldn't have any more til the next day. Had 2 pessaries 6 hrs apart the next day and within 4 hrs of the 2nd i was in labour. 4 and a half hrs later and only 9mins pushing ds was born!

jazzyp · 20/05/2006 22:08

I had a pessary at 12 noon. At 6pm, was checked and was having regular contractions - couldn't feel them and thought 'hooray - this won't be as bad as I thought!'. MW broke my waters and 11 hours later had lovely baby girl (after extra syntinocin and ventouse). Thank god, it wasn't has awful as I thought induction would be!

plummymummy · 20/05/2006 22:27

You're so lucky jazzyp

Mistymoo · 20/05/2006 22:30

I was 40 weeks + 10 days and was induced 3 times before ds was born 40 + 12 days.

McBeaver · 21/05/2006 13:09

Again, probably a non-typical situation: I was 2 weeks overdue and had been given several sweeps. I went into hospital on Friday night (abandoning the lovely warm birthing pool I had waiting at home!). I had two pessaries on Saturday - with no effect whatsoever. They also broke my waters - again nothing. They put me on a syntocin drip at about 7pm and by 4am after about 4 hours at full strength and with no epidural, I still hadn't gone into labour. Eventually had a C-section which went very smoothly.

Am considering having another baby in a year or two - and am wondering whether my body knows how to give birth!

claireh11 · 21/05/2006 18:38

I went in at 8am monday. Induced at 10am. Waters broke following morning at 6am, baby born 7:03pm.

fairyglo · 21/05/2006 21:58

Baby overdue - 40+10 days I think. Sweep ineffective so went for induction. Had first pessary at 9am on the Wednesday. Next one at 8pm that evening. Contractions started almost immediately and lasted for the next 37 hours :) (15 hours of pain followed by lovely epidural). Finally fully dilated only to find baby in wrong position and emergency c-section needed.

McBeaver - I wondered too whether my body would ever be able to labour naturally but this time waters broke by themselves and I had a VBAC, all pretty much dictated by my body. So there is hope (if that's what you want - I must admit I was secretly assuming I would have another c-section!).

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