Hi,

I just wanted to share my very positive expierence with induction as I know it tends to get the bad rap which must put a lot of women who are facing one under a lot of worry and concern.

This is the birth details of my second child (Claudia).
I was in my 37th week when my bp was starting to increase around 150/100 and since my previous birth (which was natural) bp became a problem in the final weeks and my son was born distressed, it was advised and agreed upon to be induced.

I was admitted the night before the induction to insert the gel but upon checking my cx was already 3cm dilated so I was told I could either go home or stay. Since I was settled in and hubby was staying the night (we had a dbl bed) we decided to stay. The next morning at 8am a drip was inserted and let me say I was more scared of the drip than the labour but it didn't hurt one bit! Although my ob was fantastic about it and used a local before hand. My ob was keen for me to have a epidural due to my blood pressure which was at 150/110 resting. I wasn't keen on the idea so he agreed to take blood and if the results came back ok I would go without but unfortunately the results weren't good and was advised that I could end up with a emergency c/s so I agreed with the epidural. Once again there was no pain at all, the dr preforming it was wonderful which I know helped with my nerves.

So at about 8.30 I was all set, the drip was started and within a few minutes the contractions started full on and so the epidural was then started. After 2.5hrs later the epidural was turned down and I felt the overwelming urge to push and delivered painfree, stitch free my beautiful daughter weighing 6lb 5oz with scores of 9 & 9.

I was then unhooked from the monitor (which I had no problem with as I liked the sense of knowing my baby was ok during labour), quick change of towels etc and served a late breaky still in bed, afterwhich I had a shower and we walked back to our room with our girl.

3 hours in total.

I just wanted to share this with some of you who may of only heard the not so pleasant stories out there. I wish you all the best with your labour and am so jealous.. I love babies! (its when they turn 3 and writes on the walls etc etc I'm not so keen on!! LOL).

Thanks for reading!
xx