Hi Kris,

I have! We had a little girl Ellis Ava on Saturday morning after having 1 lot of Prostin gel inserted in Friday morning. Unfortunately, I can't say with confidence that it had anything to do with the acupuncture sessions. Winton offered a 3rd session on the Friday after we'd been for the gel, but we didn't feel it would be worth it to be honest.

I posted the birth story in another post but haven't mastered the whole link thing in the forums, so have gone for the good ol' cut & paste option:

As of 12.43am Saturday, I am the thrilled mama to a beautiful little girl.

After 2 acupuncture sessions and loads of positive thinking, we were still waiting by the time our induction date came round.

We had one lot of gel inserted at around 8am Friday and it was enough to dilate my cervix enough to allow the membranes to be ruptured. After quite a long wait for a Dr in the birth suites, my waters broke of their own accord (with slight meconium staining) and labour progressed naturally for as long as was safe for bubba and I, but after a long day, in the end I couldn't give enough 'oomph' to deliver her without a bit of help and the monitor showed she was starting to wear out as well. So she was finally delivered via vacuum extraction after a drug-free labour almost 7 hours from my waters breaking.

Our little girl was left with us for some great skin to skin and fed beautifully within 1/2 hour. I have a few stitches following an episiotomy but otherwise feel great! We were transferred back to the Birth Centre for some much needed rest and left to ourselves. We were home within 12 hours.

We couldn't be happier with the midwife from the labour ward of the hospital, the Drs on duty and the way our birth was managed in general. All my fears were totally dispelled plus some!



I'm sorry to hear it hasn't been too successful for you either. I SO wanted it to work for us.

I sincerely hope things get going for you soon. I'm sending you some big, big labour vibes.

Take care,

AJ.