SIL is 12 days overdue - she was induced 50 HOURS ago and still ahs not had any contractions - what happens next?

[nailpolish]

my poor brother is worried

[Klaw]

Why am I not surprised?



Just the outcome I feared, but kinda expected.

As other pp have said she now needs to be waited on hand and foot. Suggest arnica for wound healing and a gentle shoulder to listen to her story without judgment.

Congratulations on your lovely new niece!

[clarabell16]

Congrats for you and family, and lovely little rosie. I do feel for your sil, but the only silver cloud to the whole days of induction ending with emcs, is that you never get the 3 day blues as you still completely f**ked an totally missed them!!
Enjoy baby rosie x

[nailpolish]

thanks mrsmattie

i am going on a cooking frenzy so they can stock up their freezer
i think she is getting home today

[MrsMattie]

Congrats to your SIL. Rosie is a beautiful name .
I had a long failed induction followed by a section with my first child. Your SIL is going to be exhausted and probably a bit shell shocked for quite some time. Bring her food, wash her dishes and make sure DH waits on her hand and foot . All the best x

[hester]

Congratulations to your SIL - it must have been exhausting but so pleased to hear that lovely Rosie is finally here.

Tell your SIL to get herself on here and post the full birth experience!

Congrats to you, too, nailpolish. Enjoy sniffing that baby's head.

[Lulumama]

welcome to rosy, sounds like it was a looooooooong birth. not surprised SIL was knackered. congratulations all round!

[hazygirl]

congratulations how lovelyxx

[nailpolish]

rosie was born saturday 541am

phew!

SIL had an epidural and a section

she is shattered

i havnet managed to get all the details - when i went to visit you can imagine it was busy with lots of other visitors so she siad " ill tell yo ulater"

i think she was just too tired to push poor thing

rosie fed straight away though

she is GORGEOUS - that velvetty head, that baby smell, when you touch her cheek its so soft you can barely feel it, teeny fingernails (sigh) 7lb 10oz of her

thanks everyone for your good wishes!

i must tell SIL about MN

[rrrayray]

keep us posted nailpolish!

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Any news nailpolish?

[clarabell16]

I too am really interested in induction threads after my experience. What the doctors told me in hospital after my section was that once the induction process begins that they follow a list of interventions, prostin, drip, ARM, then let you labour for a good while, if this doesnt work then c section. I hope your sil has a not too taxing VB with rosie after going through all this, and she is not too exhausted. I had the whole shebang over 2 days, prostin, drip, ARM, induced on the thurs, c section on the saturday at 7pm, needless to say that sat afternoon, i informed the midwife even if i did get to 10cm i wouldnt be able to push because of the tiredness that the 2 days worth of contractions had wrought, and basically got very aggressive, id had enough. I think some peoples bodies work with induction, some dont, maybe the babies are not ready. Is your sil able to sleep?? i really hope it works out for her and your family.

[clarabell16]

I too am really interested in induction threads after my experience. What the doctors told me in hospital after my section was that once the induction process begins that they follow a list of interventions, prostin, drip, ARM, then let you labour for a good while, if this doesnt work then c section. I hope your sil has a not too taxing VB with rosie after going through all this, and she is not too exhausted. I had the whole shebang over 2 days, prostin, drip, ARM, induced on the thurs, c section on the saturday at 7pm, needless to say that sat afternoon, i informed the midwife even if i did get to 10cm i wouldnt be able to push because of the tiredness that the 2 days worth of contractions had wrought, and basically got very aggressive, id had enough. I think some peoples bodies work with induction, some dont, maybe the babies are not ready. Is your sil able to sleep?? i really hope it works out for her and your family.

[hester]

Come on, Rosie!

[BuckBuckMcFate]

This thread is very apt, it is DS1's 12th birthday today and I was in the same situation 12 years ago.

He was due on New Year's Day.

Fortunately no medical reasons for him being so late he just didn't want to come out.

I spent several hours just walking up and down the ward and it finally started to happen.

Really hoping all goes as well for your SIL [fingers crossed]

[nailpolish]

oops ahve just discovered she is at stirling, falkirk has been closed!

i WANT to go (its only 40 mins from me) but she has my brother, her sister and her mum there, i dont want to crowd the place out

[Klaw]

This is a thread I'm gonna have to follow now...

If dp wasn't realy busy and I wasn't recovering from 2 births in 5 days recently I'd be down there, with the physical and emotional support...

[Sycamoretree]

oooh, gorgeous!

[nailpolish]

thank you

have no more info - hopefully cos they are too busy

they hve decided to call her Rosie WHEN she arrives!

[SlightlyMadScientist]

Yes I am too...I just didn't want them to remember that sometimes there is a genuine reason why a mother doen't go into labour/progress well

[Sycamoretree]

Yes, my DD was tangled in her cord, hence no pressure, hence no dilation, hence emergency c-section after a week of interventions.

But hey, I am LURKING LIKE MAD on this thread in hope of a different outcome for nailpolish's SIL, but more than anything, just a lovey little niece or nephew for her to cuddle - and soon!

[SlightlyMadScientist]

I know that obviously progressing down the route of progression towards a VB is what is hoped for. I just want to add a note of caution.

I have known 3 people go over-due (so not a huge sample).
One of those was not particularly favourable when pessaries administered but then progressed well to about 7cm when it was realised that it was an undiagnosed breech..cue EC. She had gone overdue as babies bum isn't as good as babies head in starting labour.
The other 2 both ended up in EC too (I think one was similar to your SIL - no progress after induction. The other had slow progress and baby in distress). In both cases it was found that the baby had cord wrapped tightly around neck (twice in one case) which was stopping baby descend, which meant there was no pressure on cervix to aid dilation. In both cases a VB could have been very dangerous option for baby.

All I am saying is that sometimes going overdue and failure to progress can have causes. And that there should be acknowledgement that sometimes these slow progressions could indicate other factors preventing labour which need attention.

[Sycamoretree]

I want one

[Lulumama]

don;'t be newborns are delicious!

[nailpolish]

I AM JUST GAGGIN' FOR A CUDDLE OF A NEWBORN

[ephrinedaily]

I had the drip (and an epidural) and had the baby VB in less than 6 hours, no forceps no nothing...do not despair yet she may be one of those (like me) whose body / baby responds really well to the drip. NB my waters had already broken. Hope she goes on ok.