Hi,

I am 41 + 2 and am heading in for an induction on Thursday.

My cervix is dilated so the first step will be my ob breaking my waters. followed later by syntocinin if required.

I am HOPING that the breaking of my waters will bring on labour but don't know how likely this is. My ob is happy for me to wait as long as I like (within reason) after breaking my waters before starting syntocinin. I would like to wait as long as possible because I don't like the idea of labouring attached to a drip and I know syntocinin can make things much more brutal.

Has anyone else had this experience? How likely is it that contractions will start naturally following waters being broken? How long should I try to wait before allowing the syntocinin to be started?

Any advice would be great.

Thanks sooo much
GKD