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Childbirth

Share experiences and get support around labour, birth and recovery.

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Traumatised - Anyone had 5 failed inductions?

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piglet06 · 18/10/2006 20:10

Recently had my first child by c section after 4 failed prostin inductions, 1 failed induction with syntocin drip, had my waters broken with no success and ended up with an emergency c section under general anesthetic. Absolutely the worst experience of my life. Was in hospital 5 days before the baby was even born. I just wondered if anyone else had been through a similiar experience and whether this is normal practice? Thanks!

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lulumama · 21/10/2006 21:13

seriously the point is this....if the womans' body is simply not ready..you can shove as much prostin and syntocinon into it...and nothing much will happen....if there is a real need to induce , rather than being 40 + weeks...then fine...not just because the consultant is nervous!

lulumama · 21/10/2006 21:14

thanks eli-- and i'll look forward to your birth announcement!

crumpet · 21/10/2006 21:21

I had issues with bp in both pregnancies. with the first, I agreed to be induced and started with the prostin on the Friday which continued every day (can't remember how many doses), waters broken/drip on the Tuesday, dd born by emergency cs in early hours of the Wednesday morning. Knackering and worrying experience.

This time round I refused to be induced, although it was suggested to me regularly from about 38 weeks. When my blood pressure reached an unnacceptable high again, I opted for an elective cs once I got to 3 days past the due date. No way would I have gone for another induction. I had hoped for (ha ha) a home birth this time, but was not to be. But the elective cs was a great plan B - calm, the staff were wonderful and I have no regrets (other than making dh hide the birth pool before I got home from the hosiptal - couldn't fact seeing what might have been!)

EliBoo · 21/10/2006 22:45

Thats exactly what my plan B is crumpet. And in fact, there is no option to be induced a second time at my hospital - they won't, for a VBAC.

Currently, baby is transverse: I have a slight septum, and dd1 was transverse nearly all the time, so that may be that - section at 39 weeks if so. If she does engage head down, they will let me go to 41 weeks - then if nothing has happened, I will have an elective section anyway.

And if my bp gets unacceptably high before then, I'll either go on meds (if not full term) or have an elective anyway. Mind you, last time I needed the meds postpartum for six weeks - that was when bp really took off.

But induction is a thing of the past for me...

crumpet · 22/10/2006 19:40

Good luck EliBoo - having been through it all before, I was far more informed and more confident and assertive about the choices I wanted to make - tosser consultant saying (without having raised his head to say hello as i entered) "we will bring you in on this date and do this and this and this to you" was a bit pissed off when I disagreed - it is so easy to be railroaded and so hard to remember that in fact you do have choices which can be exercised.

crumpet · 22/10/2006 19:44

Oh, and also it was good to be able to talk to the staff in advance about our wishes (eg to see for ourselves the sex of the baby, they had music playing in the theatre etc etc), which made it a completely different experience to the emergency cs.

Piglet06, hope this (and other threads on here) helps when thinking about a possible second child. I was really hoping for a VBAC at home, but when I realised it wasn't possible due to my bp, I was happy with the way things went.

EliBoo · 22/10/2006 19:49

Thanks, crumpet I had a stand-up row with my OB last time - b had gone ahead and booked theatre for a section without consulting me, on the basis that I wasn't progressing. I think he was totally furious that he had to un-book it and look a prat in front of his colleagues, but with MW supporting me I stuck to my guns and got to try for a few hours more till I felt ready to move on (and MW agreed wasn't going to happen any other way). I needed that peace of mind, to know there was no other option - but he literally shouted and stormed out of the room

Was a bit scary, since he was the one wielding the knife a few hours later, but to be fair..he did a good job, and I had a lovely section. And he didn't matter much at all, dd was far more important.

So I know what you mean about staying assertive...it made all the difference to how I felt at the end of it all, but I know I'd have found it impossible without the MWs back-up!

EliBoo · 22/10/2006 19:51

Yes....the thread on 'positive birth experiences' (sorry, can't remember exact title) has some wise words from expatmum about it being possible to feel good about a variety of birth experiences.

But Piglet, the most important thing IMO is to feel supported - I really wish you that, both from family/friends and from the hospital team. Rooting for you. xxx

Toady · 22/10/2006 20:09

Eliboo my OB did exactly the same thing booked me in for a section without my consent, when I said NO he ignored me, then when I said NO again he got so angry he stabbed my notes with his pen

EliBoo · 22/10/2006 20:14

Yikes! Glad it was his notes and not you, Toady...

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piglet06 · 23/10/2006 15:33

Thank you everyone for all of your advice!! I have decided that if we ever do decide to have any more children then an elective c section is definatly the way to go!!
Thanks again x

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