a lot of hospitals use cervatil (sp?) is a little thing sat up beside the cervix with string that hangs out like a tampon string, I'm sorry to say I was induced at 37 weeks had the cervadil in for 12 hours and nothing happened to cervix except Ihad major caontractions bub was in distress we had a emergency c-sect 13 hours after cervadil was inserted
Thank you so much to everyone that has replied so far, its so nice to have the extra support from those that have been there.
I have absolutley no choice (at this stage) in regards to being induced as my baby has gastroschisis which was diagnosed at my 18wk scan.
Gastroschisis is a abdominal wall defect where the baby's tummy has not fused and part of the bowel is exposed. It floats in the amnotic fluid unprotected and any damage is most likely to become worse between 37-40wks (when it becomes a bit squishy!). So induction is for the best. The baby will require surgery as soon as possible after birth to correct this. I will be delivering at John Hunter Hospital in Nescastle NSW (3 hour drive from home).
Of course the longer he stays put, the better. I want to suggest that I am willing to stay from 37wks for daily check ups, but from what I can gather so far, the surgeons/doctors cannot really tell what they are dealing with, eg. how good/bad it is until the baby is born. So its a matter of waiting to see how it unfolds.
This is my first baby. My little boy was to be due in august, a day before my 27th birthday, but if all goes super well I may have him home by then.
I was not originally not going to make any solid birth plans, I have looked forward to being a mother all my life, and see a women's body as designed for childbirth, so I was just going to go with the flow! Up until now I had no fear of the birth.
Now because my body is going to be made to do something it is not ready for I want to figure out the best way will be, for me and especially for the baby, while hopefully still having some sort of say in what happens to us!
Thanks again for your support so far everyone, I will keep you posted on how we go.
Mother Goose, I would never feel that I had failed, whether it be a 'natural', vaginal, caesarean, induction, forceps, episiotomy ..... whatever the outcome. I suppose not placing any expectations on myself to start with attributes to this.
I suppose that if you were to consciously or unconsciously compare your experiences and beliefs to those of others before conception, during your pregnany and the birth, then feelings of failure if things didnt 'work out' would be extremely hard to accept.
I'm positive you (and all other mums) would have done your best given the circimstances at the time, this is not what I would call 'failure'.
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