Induction - was yours positive?

[BellyBelly]

You can't plan for or have a favourable setting for an induction. I was put on the drip for an augmentation (same drug only labour had started, was 5cms and it stopped) and had a horrible experience with it. So my body was ready to labour, it had been in labour but it wasn't great.

[cindyb]

I had a great induction too!
I even managed to only have the gel placed and i had her 4 hours later! I was strapped to the monitors and asked to stay in bed, to which i refused and i kept telling any nurse who walked in the room that i needed to go to the toilet and i would either stay in there or even at one point i decided to go for a walk and ended up walking out the hospital and stood out the front and chatted to everyone out there LOL makes me laugh that i did that but it worked for me. No drip, No drug and when i was having the gel placed i was told by the ob that i would be there for a while and would end up on the drip for sure as i was not dilated at all and my cervix was sitting posteriorly!! Didnt i prove him wrong when i asked to be checked 4 hours later and she popped out before he could get a glove on!

Good luck!!

[PollyA]

My waters broke with DD and then...nothing so I had synto...nothing for 5 hours and then bam 0-100 in seconds and 8 hours of full on labour with 3 of those hours pushing. A great midwife and advocate helped me to avoid intervention (though I did get an episiotomy) and when my daughter was born I felt like superwoman.
Then I would hear people tell me about birth and say things like "I said to my partner... or I said to my partner..." and think...you could talk? I couldn't do anything in labour. It was full on. And was exhausted afterwards.

Fast forward 2 years and 11 weeks ago I went into natural labour with DS at 41 weeks...exactly the same gestation as my DD. It was amazing. Between contractions I got a rest, I could talk, I could make sure DD was ok and my recovery was much quicker

So...given a choice I would choose natural labour anyday but when I think of DD's birth I think it was an amazing, wonderful experience. So I would be disappointed if I needed another induction in the future but I would still expect an awesome birth and have faith in my body to birth my baby!

Whatever happens...you are about to meet the baby that you've incubated for 9 months....that is a pretty positive experience altogether
My one piece of advice is not to expect induction to mean anytihng...like more pain....or more intervention....they are often easier after someone's had a baby before, they might be able to rupture your membranes and you won't even need monitoring.

Good luck....I hope your labour dreams come true!

[Junglemum]

My non induced birth was definitely my preferred birth. But my induced birth was still positive. I guess what i did to prepare was just come to terms mentally with the fact i was being induced, and was at peace with that. Sure it wasn't what i had hoped and planned for but ultimately it saved my babies life. Faced with the same situation again i'd certainly be induced.
Being induced might only mean having some gel put in to kick things off. Or perhaps having your waters broken. You can still be active and in control of your birth.

HAve you thought about acupuncture? I had it when i was overdue with DD2 and managed to go into labour on my own.

However baby arrives, best of luck to you.

[BellyBelly]

You also have to bear in mind everyone here has had varying methods of induction, all with varying side effects, risks and some more intense than others. You cannot compare breaking someone's waters to a synto drip etc.

This article has all the methods and side effects etc.

Induction of Labour - To Induce or Not Induce?

[HotI]

:yeahthat: (yeah that to Kelly's post)

and you get little say in what methods will be used once you enter the hospital and agree to the induction.

[BellyBelly]

And there is a pretty good chance one of the minor ones like breaking waters or even gels, lead to synto as a result of not fast enough or strong enough (shock horror, really?!) because things are n't ready. Of course there are the cases where all it needs is tipping over the edge and then you're off... but roll the dice people and you never know what you'll get. I don't like taking chances on odds.

[helle]

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...airy-tale.html

Yep! And drug free!

[Bathsheba]

I have hade two inductions. The better one was when i had a doula who helped me keep the interventions to a minimum. Such a battle can't say it was that great to be honest. I felt quite bullied.

[Toomanytoomany]

You can't plan for or have a favourable setting for an induction.

I'm not sure what you mean by this?

I planned for "favourable settings" for at least two inductions, and they were wonderful. I guess you can't plan the perfect birth at all with any guarantees, but you can certainly be proactive in making it as good as it can possibly be. I'm sorry your experience of augmentation wasn't good.