Anyone refused to continue with an induction?

[Rjd13]

Hi

I’m wondering if anyone has refused to continue with an induction after already starting?

I was induced yesterday evening with 24 hour pessary. I have well controlled GD but my consultant felt that with the baby’s size and development an induction would be best.

I nearly lost the will to live on ward last night, it was horrendous. I feel exhausted today after one night and the thought of being here another night is really stressing me out, and they have advised that it could be up to 5 days. No sign of anything happening yet and I feel that by the time I get to actual labour I won’t have the energy or mental capacity to get through.

I’m only 38+3 so not even at due date yet...

Yes, I did after 6 days. Best decision I made. DC1 was delivered by EMCS and it was brilliant. I only wish I'd refused sooner.

Is this first baby?

I did but the staff ignored me

If I ever agreed to be induced again I would go and get a decent nights sleep first!!

I was induced and I thought I was dying! Kept alone in the dark because of preeclamsia. It took a whole day and a half. If I’d known I could refuse I would of! But my health and baby had to be considered. I hope you do well OP.

Bless you OP. Inductions are horrid! I ended up screaming for an epidural because I was so tired after 48 hours of getting nowhere. Best of luck to you

With DGM they often deliver early due to size and welfare of the baby - from memory I think the incidence of placenta declining is higher

Re induction - I had one too and it was crap. Baby not properly engaged so it didn't work and I had an EMCS

What's your plan if you don't go through with induction? elective caesarean or just wait?

Yes. Start making a fuss and asking for a C section. Best thing I did.

How did you get on OP?

I went in for induction on a Tuesday morning (also at 38w due to GD) - by Friday I was a wreck after a week of sweeps, pessaries and internals. I'd had ongoing contractions the whole time but not progressed beyond 1cm. The midwife said she thought I needed a CS and that if I mentioned the strain on my mental health (I had a history of anxiety & depression) there should be no problem with it. Lo and behold DS was delivered by CS on the Friday afternoon.

I was induced Friday and had the baby on the Wednesday. Inductions long, women all over have one every day. You won't care how long it took once you got your baby 🤷🏼‍♀️

@countrybunny I have a friend who didn't have a second child after the way her induction went. Which involved her having to be resuscitated and not seeing her baby for the first 24 hours.

I'd be saying I don't want to end up so exhausted that when I have an EMCS the recovery takes three times as long as it will now. Ask them at what point it would go to CS.

countrybunny three years on I'm still furious about how long it took, how I was treated and the sheer unnecessary waste of resources which an early CS would have prevented. Just because I was fortunate enough to hold my baby at the end of it does not mean I have to excuse what went before

I discharged myself between the first and second pessary when it was clear nothing else was going to happen, including me being given the second pessary. I do remember the feeling of terror leaving the hospital and driving home but the relief of getting in my own bed, having a shower etc. Was only home for 6 hours before contractions started so went back in immediately and eventually had DD 24 hours later

It horrendous on the wards but try to stick with it if that's what's best for baby.

If it helps pull a curtain 1/2 way across - have some headphone and a good book.

Would a sleep mask help maybe?!?

I personally would never turn down a induction as both mine were pre 37 weeks and due to Cholestasis so baby needed out - if your worried speak to a Consultant about options esp if your questioning why your there.

I hate to say it but it's just as bad on the post natal wards

Yes i had the pessary and then refused to go on the drip. I had wrote on my birth plan i was not giving my consent to forceps and requested a c section. Labour went on and on diamorphine didnt kill the pain and my epidural failed. Eventually th baby got distressed and i got my emergency c section that i wanted. You dont have to consent to anything and any attempts to perform a medical procedyre on you without your consent is serious assult.

This happened to me, I really regretted bothering with the pessary and wished I'd just gone straight to the drip. Had had no sleep by the time I got on to the drip and was worried like you. But adrenaline kicks in and it was all fine. Loads of luck xxx

Feel your frustration. Took five days for me and ended in an emergency c-section when they scanned me and realised ds position meant I wouldn't be able to give birth naturally. 😐

I refused any more treatment after the first pessary ramped my contractions up to every few mins, really strong and no dilation! I had full on contractions for 24 hours and only got to 2cm which I had been at for days after a failed sweep! Requested a c section as I was exhausted and couldn't face anymore.

I refused to even let them start. It pissed me off that they then 'told' me that x, y and z would be happening. When I said I didn't consent to that and that it went against the consultants clear advice for me, I had a couple of midwives talking to me as if I were 5 years old, talking to my partner about how I was anxious but they knew what they were doing... In the end I had to very politely say you are not inducing me and if you attempt to I will call the police as it will be assault. All while my partner stood there mortified and being as much use as a chocolate teapot. I did get the section my consultant had told me was needed though!

A friend who went through a hideous long drawn out induction told me that next time round, when midwives making small talk asked what she did for work, she'd reply 'Litigation Lawyer'. Strangely they seemed a lot more keen to listen to her wishes than the first time

I was induced with no issues.

One of the things I noticed was because my consultant wasn't there the information she gave me about why I was being induced - I had a written record at home with the reasons - and how it was going to occur wasn't agreed with by the registrar on duty. This meant the midwives would have done something different on the advice of the registrar if the pessary hadn't started my contractions.

I was induced after my waters broke and I had no contractions. The pessary did nothing, the epidural didn’t work and then I finally got the drip, she was out in about 7 hours after that. I would never want to be induced again. It was a horrid experience which lasted far too long and because they’d let me go that long with no progress (4 days before I went on the drip) I spent a week in hospital on very strong antibiotics because I’d gotten an infection.
IF I had to have an induction again I’d want to go straight for the drip.

I did after 5 days on a ward, two failed pessary inductions, no dialation, inability to tolerate any more attempts of sweeps (I have a Condition called lichen sclerosus which means my skin tears very easy) They wanted to do a foley balloon induction I said no. Then they wanted to try and break my waters and give me a hormone drip. I said no and asked for a c section.

Thanks so much for all your replies.

I had the second pessary which was unsuccessful and was due the final one at 2am on the Wednesday. I couldn’t stand the thought of having a painful procedure in the middle of the night in a room full of people trying to sleep. I kicked up a fuss and managed to get a bed in an empty room and a shot of pethidine which meant I got a few hours sleep.

Spent Wednesday contracting 4 in 10 and in a world of pain. Still only 1.5cms and totally fed up. Midwife said they could probably break my waters at a push so I was moved to the labour ward at 7pm

Waters were broken and had an epidural which was great but due to sugar testing every hour I didn’t get much sleep. Epidural started to fail on my left side, midwife didn’t believe me and when I was examined 2 hours later I was 10cms and it was too late to correct the epidural.

After pushing for 50mins on gas and air the room filled up with people and I ended up with a forceps delivery at 3:30am, episiotomy and second/third degree internal tear. Taken straight to theatre to repair.

I am requesting my labour notes as midwife and doctor were arguing about whether intervention was necessary.

Overall a horrendous experience that left me in a much worse position to start caring for my new baby.

I don’t know that a c section would have been the better option recovery wise but I do feel that if I have any subsequent children I would be very reluctant to go through an induction again.

Sorry to hear you had such an awful experience, hopefully the notes will shed some light for you. You can request a birth debrief which may help you come to terms with what has happened. I imagine a lot of it is a blur for you due to the pain and exhaustion.

Stories like yours are why I pushed for a c section so early on. Women I feel are forced into these situations to save the NHS money when actually in the long term a c section is less costly.

Congratulations and enjoy your little one