My SIL is 39 weeks (yesterday), and has been diagonised with High blood pressure, but, i dont think its full blown pre-ecelempsia (sp??).. so, she was booked into have an induction via gels yesterday.
After waiting at home all day, she was told to come into hospital at 4pm, only to be sent home again, being told that they where 'to busy' to start the induction.

She went back this morning, and, about 7am, had her waters broken, and the drip inserted.. about 10.30 she had an epi, and, another one about 1ish, at which point she was 9cm dil.

I dont know.. it just doesnt seem right? My thoughts on having your waters broken and and the drip was that it would bring on labour hard & fast, but, to have a epi so soon afterwards, when, to my understanding (word of mouth, from DH via MIL) that contractions still far apart, and SIL still quite calm and relaxed, that the epi would in turn slow things back down again?

What do you think?