thanks girls. Its at the point now where i dont feel like i really have a choice with this induction. Being in early labour since saturday and it keeps stalling and every appoitnment my PE is getting worse. The way i would like it to go is just for them to break my water and let it all happen on its own coz i think thats all i need to get things going. I will be talking to my doc today about delaying the drip but at the end of the day he is a great doc and he wouldnt put me through anything that he didnt HAVE to. The labour itself isnt really scaring me its just the syntocin. The fact that its sort of an artificial labour and i have always thought that babies come out when they are ready and i dont want her to come out before shes ready. Having said that, im so over being in pain and had 3 hours sleep last night because of the contractions. The induction was not my idea at all.. i never mentioned it, and it wasnt even in my head. They are just thinking it could be the best thing as my PE has been going haywire.
thanks falguni - yeah im worried about what can happen if she stays in there too long with the PE. They are monitering it very closley and im thankful for that. As long as she comes out healthy, im not overly fussed on how she comes out. It must have been scary when u heard your placenta was shutting down etc. They are a little worried about that with me and keep asking me all sorts of questions about "how i feel"... along with having so many CTG's.
My appointment to discuss things is at 10:30am today.. so i will let you all know what happens..
Good luck today Holly, hopefully breaking your waters will get things moving. Will be thinking of you and your little girl and can't wait to hear of her arrival...
Another thing to remember too is that ANY drug you take for pain relief will pass through to the baby - even the gas, which is oft touted as a harmless form of pain relief is not without it's risks. Peth is particularly bad in that it can give you a very doey and sleepy baby - something which is NOT good for establishing a breasfeeding relationship, especially if given late in the labour.
It sounds like you don't have much a choice and some women are perfectly fine with the 'it doesn't matter how they get here' line, but if how you birth is important to you, then you can still reclaim it for yourself to a degree. I have had 1 syncto induction out of 4 births and it nearly killed me physically - it was so much more demanding of my body (imagine clenching your fist over and over and over for hours and see how tired your hand feels after that) and I also had a retained placenta and a post partum haemorrage which I eventually needed a large blood transfusion to try to correct. I had to go to theatre after my baby was born and have my placenta manually removed under a general anaesthetic because to do so with only a local was considered too traumatic because they have to insert their arm into your vagina and peel the placenta off the wall of your uterus - not a pretty picture I can tell you. Maybe I was just unlucky becuase you hear of so many "good" induction stories, but I'm just sharing my experience with you as have others.
Good luck for today Holly. Hope things go well. With any luck breaking your waters will be enough to get things going. It sounds like you trust your doctor, and that is good - with PE you have to be careful, but that doesn't mean you can't ask 'why?' when they suggest things.
Soon you'll be holding your baby!
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