Stories of successful inductions needed....

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I am 36 weeks pregnant with acute SPD so have been booked for an early induction in just two short weeks. Whilst this has given me the hope and perspective I was rapidly losing, I had a 'long talk' with the mw today at my check-up and she stressed that early inductions often end up in C-sections.

She outlined the process of being induced, (which the registrar forgot)so at least I have a vague idea of what is supposed to happen, and if I end up in theatre, so be it. But I was hoping that I'd be able to garner some stories of early inductions from the wonderful mnetters, who thus far have been a mine of information, and advice that might help avoid the dreaded c-section....

I was induced at 38 weeks (high blood pressure) and it was wonderful. I was brought in on a Friday night for a 12 hour round of prostiglandin. In the morning the checked me and saw that my cervix was nice a soft so they broke my water and hooked me up to a drip this was about 8:00 am. I didn't feel any contractions for about 6 hours. Then it was crazy. I was checked at 5pm and was at 4 cm. They thought I was going to be in until Sunday before I had the baby. Well at about 6:00 pm Saturday they checked me, because I started throwing up and was in a lot of pain and there was talk of an epidural. Well, I was 10cm. Ds1 was born at 8:12pm Saturday night. No epidural or other pain relief required

My midwife was great and increased the pitocin drip every so often and I can honestly say that there wasn't anything different with my induction than with my natural labor with ds2.

Good luck!

I am not an advocate of inductions (having done the research now...) but I did have 2 at 36weeks and had 6 and 7 hr labours.

I had an induction at 41 weeks (so late) and had C-sec.
But, don't stress! Am sure you have every chance of normal birth. Just wanting to give you balanced view. C-sec was actually fine too(even though really didn't want it)x

Thanks for the stories....they make me feel better about what I am in for!!

one more for you:

I was 39 wks, had one dose of the "gel" which started contractions, had waters broken about 6 hrs later to speed them up, then went into proper labour shortly after - then pushed for abotu 15 mins and out she popped!

It wasn't that different from my first which was spontaneous, except that it didn't involve a night time trip to the hospital (and the accompanying uncertainty) and flooding the car with waters etc.

good luck it should be pretty straightforward.

Please keep them coming....am getting closer and need positive vibes!!!

I had an induction at 39 weeks for ds2 ten days ago. Wonderful experience. Here's why.

No crazy rush to the hospital. In fact, I took the bus. Was able to arrange child care for ds1 ahead of time. Relaxed beforehand with dh, had time to talk and focus, etc, in a nice room of our own at the hospital.

The actual experience (on the private ward of an NHS hospital, consultant led)... Two courses of prostaglandin. Had period-like pains after the first one. Dilated very quickly after the second prostaglandin ... labor lasted an hour and a half. The consultant was great, it did make a big difference that I knew ahead of time who would be delivering the baby and that he honored my birth plan.

I managed to get the epidural, which I had requested specifically ahead of time (didn't want gas and air, or pethidine/ morphine), went from 4 cm to 8 cm in a hour.

End result -- Natural delivery, no tearing, pushed baby out in 15 min. Partial epidural made it possible to joke as the baby was coming out. All in all, a beautiful experience.

Anagram- thanks so much for telling your story. So very positive and almost makes me look forward to it!

I forgot to add .. I had acupuncture twice in the weeks preceding the induction, also saw an osteopath ahead of time. I believe both of those treatments helped my body get ready.

Mine was fine - although my waters had gone, perhaps I was more or less ready anyway. But I just needed prostin and had a fast, natural labour after that, ten minutes pushing, small internal grazing due to little tinker's hand being over her face - otherwise would've had nothing!
I had a friend recently who had a 37w induction, drip, epidural from early stage, nice and easy (although this was her #2 which maybe helped).