Induction due to fast labours?

[alotoftutus]

Hi I am expecting number 5 in a couple of weeks and am considering asking for an induction. I have had 4 precipitous labours -45 min from first contraction being the quickest, 2 hours being the longest. I've had 3 planned and lovely homebirths.

This time pregnancy has been higher risk & I'm not comfortable with a homebirth. However due to Labour speed and child care logistics I'm thinking of asking for an induction.

Anyone else had an induction due to previous fast labours? How did they pan out?

I think it might not be a good idea. If you are drawn to induction because you need a date that you'll give birth then that might not be the case with an induction.

Induction can result in a longer labour, it can take days if you're body isn't ready. Increases chances of complications, and has a much higher chance of ending in a C-section for which you would then end up needing to stay over night. So it may end up complicating child care further!

Considering your previous births, you're more like to have a quick, straightforward birth if you wait for natural labour but understand the unpredictability is a problem.

Have certainly heard of women having inductions for similar reasons. Not all inductions end with the full catalogue of interventions described by pp (and that’s probably even more the true for someone who’s already had 4 normal deliveries). The team looking after you will be able to give a better idea of the pros/cons/likelihood of successful induction/methods that would be appropriate specifically for you so prob best asking them.

In all honesty it probably depends what the complications are this time round, and how late the induction was. Is there a possibility of regular ve and booking the induction when you start looking ready?

I assume there’s no option to stay closer to the hospital?

also are you able to book an induction and a home birth? Just in case you have a bba before the induction date so you don’t have to go in after the birth, unless your risks would mean transferring after the birth anyway.

Thank you for your replies.

It's not that I need a date to give birth, I have childcare available and once they arrive they will stay. The issue is more the time it takes them to arrive will be longer than all my births. My mum (childcare) would usually stay with us for the weeks leading up to the birth so she was already here, however this time she is unable to do that as she's caring for my Nan.

I now have a meeting with the birth options team next week so hopefully can go through everything.

High risk wise - it's not been anything big just lots of little things that have not been quite right and have made me anxious.

My midwife is happy to support me if I opt for a homebirth as she doesn't believe I would make it to hospital in time; it's not that close and traffic around the hospital is a complete nightmare. Looking at the entire picture she believes if I go into spontaneous Labour it's safer to deliver at home even as a high risk pregnancy, than to attempt to get to hospital and end up giving birth in the car. Which I agree with.
An induction takes away the risk of that happening. My midwife also believes an induction would've pretty straight forward as I have had 4 previous vaginal births.

I've always been very pro go as natural as possible when giving birth and have been petrified of inductions and the horror stories I've heard about them. Just need to weigh it all up I guess.

I laboured very quickly with my first and then had two inductions which were both fine , short labours, pessary only no need for a drip. I live in the middle of no where and it was felt on balance it'd be safer to induce me in hospital than take the chance with the first. The second induction was relatively high risk identical twins and that was induction, epidural paeds and theatre on stand by job.

I think with childbirth you only hear the horror stories. The I had a pessary and then had a short uneventful labour lasting less than 12 hours from insertion and it was fine aren't very interesting.

Hi. I am I similar situation. Only had a bit longer labour's, shortest 1h. Have you booked induction? And what week, as there is still risk labour starts before that.