Hi Jac, I have been induced 3 times as I was overdue and had fairly quick labours,6,6.5 and 4 hours. With my first and second I had the pethidine and the gas, with the 3rd I had no drugs. My water was broken each time and I was on a drip.
My last two came on their own without being induced and I had a drugfree birth for both of them as well.
This one will hopefully come on its own but if it doesn't I will be induced as they won't let me go over my due date due to medical reasons. I would rather go naturally but if I have to be induced then so be it, as long as the baby is born healthy and safe thats all that matters.
We haven't seen you in belly buddies for ages why don't you pop in and say hi, we have been wondering how you were going!
Michelle
I personally would try to avoid an induction if possible (if there are other means, I'd explore them). I had an horrendous time with being induced with Gabby (just a few days before my EDD) and I'll never be allowing it again.
I had a natural birth with my first daughter, spontaneous labour, no pain relief etc, and am definatley hoping for the same with this one. My Ob has said that he will let me go 10 days past my due date, and will then start discussing induction options with me. My sister was induced 4 days after her due date. She had the gel inserted at about 5pm, but after about 5 hours, the CTG kept picking up a drop in his heart rate with each contraction, so they rushed her to theatre, only to find that she had fully dilated in that time (about 10 minutes!!) and she ended up with a spinal block, being unable to feel any contractions to push, in shock and they had to use use a ventouse (sp??) to get him out.
I am terrified of this happenning to me as I also went into shock (I was her support person) as it all happened so quickly and the dr's were yelling and people were running around. It was a completely different experience to my very gentle, natural birth with my daughter. At the end of the day, I just want my baby to be safe, and delivered healthy, so if that means that I need to be induced, which could lead to other interventions or pain relief, then I would take that over there being ANY chance that my baby could be at risk. Good luck!
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