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Can I follow birth plan if induced?

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ZebraMammy17 · 05/09/2019 14:48

So there is a chance I'll be induced I've got an appt with the doctor to discuss it next week. My last birth was a bit traumatic I wasnt listened to by the midwifes and I was put in a position that made it more painful during and after birth. I decided to go to a different hospital this time they've been amazing. What I want to know Is will I be able to have a water birth if I get induced? That's all I want for pain relief and to try and relax me and because having baths have really helped joint pain. Please tell me I would still be able to have this if I get induced?

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plixy · 05/09/2019 15:19

It might be possible in some cases but is more unlikely. If you are induced with a drip you will not be allowed in the pool, and often when you are induced you are monitored more closely using the belts (can't remember what they are called) which would also prevent you using it.
Maybe speak to the hospital to see if there are any types of induction where they would be happy for you to still use the pool?

Megan2018 · 05/09/2019 15:26

I’m being induced next week, I was told no water births because of the monitoring (not that I wanted one).
I have written my birth plan specifically for induction though so I’ll be stuck if it happens spontaneously!

Newyearsameoldshit · 05/09/2019 21:26

I think it depends on how much inducing your body needs to get into labour, the underlying reasons for the induction and how the baby copes with it all.

For me, I needed pessary, gel and drip to get going, then baby did not cope very well with contractions so constant monitoring was needed and water was out the window.

Talk to your doctor and ask in what situations water would be feasible, then you can prepare yourself and maybe make a plan B and a plan C.

polkadotpixie · 05/09/2019 22:03

I wasn't allowed one. I had to have continuous monitoring during my induction so I wasn't even allowed off the bed

BogglesGoggles · 05/09/2019 22:05

When I had one they insisted on an epidural first. Apparently it would be cruel not to.

Fuckedoffat48b · 05/09/2019 22:07

Boggles I think that is only if they go straight to drip.

Megan2018 · 05/09/2019 22:15

I’m being induced via balloon catheter (its the new default in our trust instead of pessaries/gel) so waters can be broken, if that doesn’t start contractions then I’ll have the drip. Epidural entirely optional and I’ll be able to have mobile monitoring- I want to be upright as long as possible. So its just no to water really, and I’ll only be forced to be on the bed if I go for the epidural.

Induction can be a positive birth but you need to do your research so you can insist on the things that matter to you that can be accommodated and understand the things that can’t. Mine is very open ended but there are just a couple of things important to me so I’ll be reinforcing that throughout.

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beela · 05/09/2019 22:18

I wasn't allowed a water birth when I was induced because of the monitoring, as pp have said.

FanSpamTastic · 05/09/2019 22:24

It is possible. I was 12 days late with DC3. I was induced in the morning - pessary - and once contractions kicked in around 2 pm I asked to use birth pool. Got in around 3 pm and DC3 was born around 4:30 pm.

Hotpinkangel19 · 05/09/2019 22:37

All I wanted was a waterbirth, but i needed the drip so it was 7 hours unable to move from the bed labour for me with continuous monitoring.
If you need to be induced- don't have your heart set on a water birth.

BloodyTired · 05/09/2019 22:57

It will depend on how much intervention is needed when they induce you and on how positively the midwives on duty view water birth.
I was induced and was allowed a water birth. I made sure that I told every midwife I saw that I wanted to use the pool, and made sure that my partner knew I wanted to use the pool so he could remind them as we went down to delivery.

BottomleyPottsSpots2 · 06/09/2019 08:59

Can you arrange to have a chat with the supervisor of midwives as it sounds like it would be helpful to see what flexibility can be offered for your specific situation and help set your mind at rest / put some plans in place after a difficult time last birth?

As others have said, if all you need is a pessary / AROM it is more likely that it's safe to use the pool ... but if a drip is involved then there's still a lot that can be offered to avoid you being stuck on the bed. I am writing 3 birth plans (!), for natural, induction and c-section respectively ... I've given birth 3 times before (2 inductions, 1 natural) so I have a sense of what matters to me and what I'm very happy to be flexible on. Being mobile is essential (apart from c-section!) but using water is something I will play be ear ...

My last induction was with no pain relief at all, by the way, so an epidural isn't essential unless it's what you want and/or there are good health reasons for it, no matter what the medics say.

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