What are the "laws" of induction when it comes to previously having a c/s? ill be 40wks +3 when i go in on monday. do i have any chance of going into natural labour before hand?
should i have any worries or concerns? What are my chances of another c/s? how long will they leave it before deciding that? Bubbs is head down i was 2 cm last week and the membrane was wobbling and they couldnt feel my cervix unless they reached under his head.
as far as i am aware, they will not induce if you have had a c/s prior. The only thing they have offered me is to rupture the membranes if they can reach them
Maybe they are going to break your waters to see if that will start something since you are already dialeted a little bit. I would call them and ask what they are going to do so you can plan and not be shocked about anything.
They can induce after a c/section as long as it's taken very very slowly and carefully, my guess is that it's not tried often because inductions will often lead to a c/section anyway so what's the point IYKWIM. But anyway, this was the plan for my induction last year.
I was to go in to have my waters broken at 7am. At the time it was booked in I was 3cm dilated & effaced 0.5cm. I would be given around 8 hours for contractions to start, which meant I would be walking the hospital grounds to get things going. After that time I was then going to be given the lowest possible synto drip dose. If contractions started the drip would be stopped & I'd be left to labour away, if they didn't it would be turned up a maximum of twice. I think they said that it would still be less than the starting dose of a normal induction. If contractions didn't start I'd be sent for a c/section, if they did the drip would be stopped & nature would take it's course. I think after that I would have been given 24 hours to have the baby because of the infection risk after the ARM.
Prior to that if you are dilated less than 3-4cm you should be able to ask for a Foley's Cathetar induction. Essentially the insert the cathetar into your cervix & blow up the balloon part to force your cervix to start to open. It can take around 24 hours but from everything I read it works really well to get to that initial 3-4cm.
You can also try a stretch & sweep, acupuncture or clary sage oil to try to get things started.
Just so you know there is no reason why you couldn't go into labour beforehand. I had my appointment on the Friday & booked the induction for the Monday, at 10pm the Friday night my waters broke & contractions started around 1am. So you never know you might not need to worry about an induction at all
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Induction after a C/S
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