41 weeks, due for induction at 41+3 any hope??

[choberry]

I am so uncomfortable, pelvic pain, lightening crotch, round ligament pain, swelling!! Im overdue by a week exactly. Absolutely petrified of having the induction which is due in 3 days, i suffer from anxiety. Anyone gone into natural labour just before induction??
Any tips on how to handle contraction pain? Ive opted for an epidural but that wont be given until im dilated a few cm.

I went 41 weeks exactly with my first. Induction was booked for 40+10. With my second, they were trying to induce from 39 weeks. I refused. It was booked for 40+7. Anyway, the day came and I refused it again. She eventually arrived at 40+10 on the day of the second induction (I was going to refuse anyway had she not arrived!)

I went into labour spontaneously at 41+1, luckily because I was not going to agree to induction unless it was very serious.
However they did put me on the drip after I refused consent, at which point they lost DD's heart rate (which was my reason for saying no). Again, against my lack of consent they shoved a hand up me to put a clip on her head. I had an epidural but managed to push her out myself without any interventions at all. Have they scanned your placenta? That's usually what they start to panic about this late.

Your induction that is “due” in 3 days doesn’t have to happen is you’re not happy for it to. If you’ve had an otherwise low risk pregnancy you can decline an induction and opt to have daily monitoring instead. Ask your midwife for a talk through the risks/benefits of both options. Inductions should not be sold to women as the only option once they are overdue. You also have the right to decline induction and opt for a c-section.

Besides that - we are mammals. Mammals birth when they feel safe, secure and relaxed. The best way to encourage your labour is to try to relax. There is a “happy” hormone called oxytocin, when your body releases more oxytocin you are more likely to go into labour. Being at home, looking at photos of a favourite holiday, cooking and eating your favourite food, cuddling, having sex, nipple stimulation, watching a funny film - all ways of spiking your body’s oxytocin and making your chances of going into labour more likely.

@choberry You can decline an induction if you don’t want it! Your body your choice! Make sure you are well informed about the benefits / risks of declining / accepting an induction. You can also delay if you want until 42 weeks

My waters broke spontaneously at 41+2 and had my little on at 41+3 (she decided to take her time coming out!)

Its definitely possible, the night before my waters broke I got loads of weird tingly pressure (I literally text my husband in the morning saying it felt like she was trying to pop them from the inside!) then it was like someone upturned a 2 litre bottle of liquid!

Unless there is an actual medical risk then you don't need to be induced unless you want to be!

I was induced at 41+2. I had a very good experience - I felt safe, in control, midwife was always near, and I saw the baby's heartbeat and my contractions on the monitor through the whole induction. I am an anxious person and the thought of being home and not knowing how contractions feels like and when to go to the hospital filled me with stress.

When they induced me, things were happening very fast - as soon as they broke my waters, the contractions got very intense and painful.
I suggest to ask for an epidural as soon as you start to feel them, as I didn't realise how long it will take to get it (plus it's only worked for me for the third try....)

I'm 34 weeks now with my second, and I will definitely go for an induction again if I overdue.

Ive been induced twice, my first 15days overdue which was a horrible experience 15hrs35mins, very painful ended up having epidural and forcep delivery, it made me very nervous to be induced again, thankfully with my second i went into labour 2 days before induction at 8 days over, third was c-sec at 37 weeks for twins and my last lil girl (4 months old) 9 days over, i had to be induced, i was determined to make it a less stressful experience than my first, so i kept active from when they started the drip, this ment the monitor kept moving so they put a clip on babys head, which wasn’t pleasant but me n my partner have very good sense of humour which kept me from thinking about any pains that might come at the beginning, kept myself calm once the pains started was even joking with the midwifes that she smelt like vodka (hand sanitizer) and i could do with a shot lol i remember laughing alot between contractions (most of the time i didn’t have time to explain why i was laughing before another contraction started lol) she was born very fast i was on the phone to my older kids at 10oclock swaying through contractions, not particularly painful at that point, and she was born at 11:29, she was so fast she burst the blood vessels in her eyes and she looked like a lil cute red eyed demon 😂 so induction can be a lovely experience if you let it xx