It would be a good idea to ask what method Ob will use, maybe some are gentler than others? Will you have a choice of methods, I wonder? Just thinking out loud....
I was induced with both my children due to complications. With the first I had already been in hospital for 3 weeks and on the January 1 I was looked over by my OB and told the induction would start the following day. That night my waters broke on their own but by 9am there were no contractions.
They started me on the pitocin at around 9 and had an epidural at 10am. I could still feel a lot and ended up having him at 2.45 pm.
The second time I saw my OB on a Monday and was booked in for induction on Thursday because things weren’t getting better. Was in at the hospital at about 8am my waters hadnt broken (she did a membrane sweep on the Monday) so they did that with the little hook thing (sorry cant remember the name). Pitocin was put in and I had her at 11am without any pain relief.
The biggest frustration was limited movement due to the drip plus they had me constantly hooked up to the monitors (not sure if this was due to the induction, complications or a mix of both)
In both cases the drip was put in and the dose was increased until they were happy with the timing.
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