Getting induced at 36+5

[Bubblegum20]

My due date isn't until the 11th September, I was told at my consultant appt yesterday that I'll be getting induced on Thursday due to some complications, as it's safer to deliver. Has anyone been induced this early not really sure what to expect as this is my first baby

What are the complications? As far as I know, the chances of a successful induction (eg not requiring a c section) at 36 weeks are slim.
You can always ask them to tell you your bishop’s score and if there is not much chance of induction working go straight to c section.
I would never risk the baby’s health, so if baby needs to be born now then of course follow the advice, but you can have a c section rather than induction.

You really need to speak to your consultant and midwife about this! Everyone will have different experiences, it totally depends what your complications are.

I absolutely agree with people saying to speak to your consultant. I think a lot of the potential outcome will depend on your personal circumstances and only medical staff will be able to guide you on that. I would spend the rest of the weekend writing down every question you can think of and then you can go through them with your consultant or a midwife next week.

That said, I was induced at 36 weeks exactly. If you’d like to hear about my experience let me know and I’ll PM you. Just bear in mind that my experience could (and most likely will) be completely different to yours. Good luck next week whatever happens!

Baby may have some respiratory distress or difficulty getting the hang of feeding compared to a full term baby, can you start hand expressing so your breastmilk supply is more ready to go once baby arrived, you might even be able to collect some drops of colostrum into a syringe or 2 (you can order them on amazon-search for 1ml enteral syringes)

I wasn’t induced, but had my DTs at 36+5 by elcs due to severe pe.

They were both absolutely fine, and born normal weights. I had had the injections for their lungs beforehand though.

So depends on your reasons as to having an induction OP and estimated fetal weight.

Check out the saving babies pathway if you are in the Uk, double check hospital is following that as it’s the most uptodate guide for risk v reward for early delivery.

So I was induced at 37 (wouldn’t have been according to SBP but hey ho) and it worked like a charm. My bishops score was 2/3 so that score definitely isn’t particularly accurate to describe the efficacy of a potential induction.

It’s worth finding out your hospitals induction protocol. Mine for instance was the 24 hr pessary, at first I was gutted as the 6 hour gel you can go home with. But according to the hospital and from anecdotal research that I’ve done the 24hr
Pessary is far more effective at getting things started and you can have 2 xx

I was induced at 36+0. Once they started me in pitocin little one was here within four hours. Overall a very positive experience. She did require some time in neonatal but that was because of other complications, not prematurity. Good luck x

I was induced at that stage with my dd, it failed after 10 days and had to have an emergency section. I think it really depends on why they want to induce, which method they intend to use, success rates and whether your body is ready.