I was induced using the gels first, but if they don't bring on labour fast enough then they will probably put you on a drip as they won't have the luxury of sending you home for a few days if you know what I mean.
my 21 hours was from they first started the drip. If I timed from when I was given the gels it would have been 29 hours.
I was induce twice. With DS the Gels didnt work so was induced with the drip the next morning....I was BORED out of my mind! DH wasn't there with me, but was close by...didn't need him though till the morning.
With DD I was started off with the Gels which put me into labour. Contractions started at 12am (ish) I called DH at about 2am - he was close by again, and DD was born at 4:35am....no time to get bored!
Do you have someone else to go with you? It does often tend to be a drawn-out affair, but you never know.
How favourable is your cervix looking? When were you due? The gels generally get your cervix riper and ready for AROM and syntocin. Sometimes they are enough to kick-start labour, but often not.
I didn't have gels, I had tape & balloon put in the night before. The next monring my cervix was still high and fairly firm! So it all just depends.
Do you have someone else to be with you? You can't predict how long it will take for labour to be established, and how long it will take. I would make sure you have someone else with you, if DH can't come in until later.
Hey beautiful, i was induced also, i went in on the Sunday and they i had the gel overnight not much happened, i lost my mucus plug, then they decided try break my waters the next morning but my cervix wasn't ready which was pretty painful, but they couldn't get to them so decided to try the gel again to see if that would help ripen it up, but i ended up going into labour before they could put another one in about 1/2-1 hour later about 9 hours later DD was born, so like the others have said it can be a lengthy process.
Ill be thinking of you Friday, is their someone else who could come to keep u company/give u support ? i can't wait to read your BA im so excited for you
not long now hun xx
Im not sure if anyone will be familiar but here goes the scoring system i got yesterday from the midwife ...
Dilation was 1-2
Length of cervix 2
Station -3
Consistency medium
Position - cant read what she wrote but starts with m and is in between pos & anterior
Mum wont be here until Saturday afternoon, she's driving up from down south, all my friends work. Im fine going in on my own just wanted to keep myself entertained. TBH if its a slow process and DP is there he will probably drive me nuts LOL
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