Induction at 40 + 4

[Lou2120]

Hi I'm due to be induced at 40 plus 4 next month if I dont have baby before then. I just wanted peoples experience of induction at the same gestation. I've had 2 babies before one spontaneous and my second my waters went but no contractions so put on the drip. This time it will probably be different. Experiences please...

I was 40+3 when induced when I went in with reduced movements and they discovered I had a UTI. I didn't need the pessary because when the midwife did the sweep, she could stretch my cervix to 1-2cm. (I had my sweep at 40 weeks exactly). When I was checked on 40+2, they said I was 2cm so when there was a room available, they would take me down and break my waters. They broke my waters at 2 and I had meconium in my waters so they decided to get my DD out as fast as possible. They wasnt going to give me a drip at first, but because there was meconium in my waters, I was told they needed too. The pain was the same all the way through labour. It didn't gradually build or anything. I was a mess from the moment they broke my waters. At first I didn't want any pain relief other than gas and air. I soon changed my mind!! 5 1/2 hours into labour, the doctor came in and said DD was getting really tired and they needed to get her out. If she wasn't out within 10 minutes, they was going to cut me and help get her out. Luckily it didn't come to that, she was out at 7:45pm. It was painful, and hard work but she was gorgeous. And so worth all the pain. Unfortunately for me I hemorrhaged straight after pretty badly. Lots of doctors piled in the room, dd was taken off me not even 30 seconds after I first got to hold her, and the doctor's had to stop the bleed. Id say there was a good 10-15 doctors in there, including one who had to manually contract my stomach because the cannula had pulled out while pushing dd out. It was awful. But having DD here, makes all the pain worthwhile. I have never had a natural birth before (other pregnancies ended in mc) but I read all the time that induction can be more painful that natural, but I can't really compare, sorry if this wasn't really useful

Congratulations on your pregnancy op