Induction time to labour

[Potato1234]

How long was it for everyone from induction to the start of labour? Especially for a FTM! TIA

I was induced as a FTM. I had the pessary around 10am and DD arrived just before 6pm. The only bad thing about being induced for me was being stuck hooked up to the monitoring machine. I was ready to bounce on a yoga ball or pace the halls and instead got told to lie as still as possible - not easy when you’re contracting!

I was induced at 40+5 with my first and it all went well! Got the pessary in at 11am, not a lot happened for a while and then at 3am my waters broke and he was born just after 11am the next day. Vaginal delivery, not too much drama. I had only heard negative stories prior to this as well but in my case it was all very successful. My second one was a water birth, lovely peaceful lighting, essential oils on in the diffuser in the background, technically the ‘dream birth’…. But she was back to back and it was SO much more painful than my first which was the more ‘medical’ birth! So try not to worry too much and don’t listen to any horror stories, people are far more likely to share those than the good ones - good luck! 💕

Pessary at 9pm. DH sent home by midwife insistent he'd be no use overnight as nothing much would happen. By 11pm was in agony and they offered me paracetamol. Called DH by 5am quite scared about how much pain I was in and wasn't getting help. Agreed to have pethidine after that and managed to get some dozing in between contractions. Around 7am there were ward rounds and I remember a very nice doctor saying, "I hear you've had a hard night. Well I'm going to examine you but you were only 2cm at midnight so I don't think there will be too much progress so let's have a look and oh my God you're 10cm let's get you to a delivery room".

DC was born at 9.20am. So just over 12 hours from pessary to delivery.

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences! I know it makes no difference to how it will go for me, but nice to hear positive stories for a change!