Women's experiences of induction & what happens to your baby during inductions

[BellyBelly]

This is a clip from the documentary, 'The Business of Being Born.'

It contains comments from mothers (including Ricki Lake) who have been induced and what they thought of it. It then shows a cartoon of what happens when you get induced, what effect this has on the baby and why inductions all too often end up in emergency caesareans... and I hear/see this all the time happening right here, because induction of labour is known to increase the rate of emergency caesarean sections.

Note: Pitocin is what we call Syntocinon here in Australia, it's the same drug - so although they are in the US, doesn't mean this doesn't apply to us here, it's the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fPauJEy7fc

[MrsFabuloso]

Wow!!! That's amazing.
I have had both a natural birth without any drugs and an induced birth, with gas and pethadine and by far the induced birth was harder and more traumatic! But I did have a vaginal birth (with the induction) even though the ob was pressuring me into having a C/S. After 20-odd hours of horrible induced labour, I was getting tempted, but still had enough resolve and determination (and fear of C/S) to birth my DD vaginally. It still took me 3-ish hours to push her out though! I'm feeling pretty proud of myself for persisting!

[mrsmac]

I have had 2 inductions and 1 naturally occurring birth and I know I'd choose to not have an induction everytime!! I didn't have a c/s nor was i pressured into having one but DD1 was forceps.

[Floweryfields]

Very interesting! I have always been anti induction (from my early 20's - I haven't had a baby personally) - not because I was educated by anyone why it was not a good idea, but simply because I observed, the majority of women that I knew who were induced, ended up with bad deliveries - and csections.
Since I've been visiting here and getting educated lol, I learned that my observations were right.

[Erin_25]

I had an induction with DS & actually requested it on his due date....something I really regret. The contractions came on at 2mins apart from the word go!!! I had extreme trouble at the pushing stage getting him out, he was suctioned out, had his head around the wrong way. I often wonder now had he come on his own steam if his head wouldn't have been the right way around?? guess I'll never know. I pushed for a very, very long time & he came out distressed & was not given to me right away.
Now each day nothing happens...I've just over a week til EDD...I'm starting to stress "what if I go over"....I do not want an induction so I hope this baby comes some time soon.

[nattyfred]

My baby was induced and only with the gel. I have nothing to compare it to but Vs birth was extremely quick which noone expected so I believe I was not treated like a labouring woman but as a bit of a wuss in the early stages...She was born in 3.5 hours active labour naturally with the exception of the induction and me pretending to use the gas as it made me feel sick lol..She needed to come out due to complications so I was grateful not to need a csection.

[Mummato2]

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[BellyBelly]

Who is scaring? I don't think anyone is scaring people in here. Information is power.

[julietp]

This is a clip from the documentary, 'The Business of Being Born.'

It contains comments from mothers (including Ricki Lake) who have been induced and what they thought of it. It then shows a cartoon of what happens when you get induced, what effect this has on the baby and why inductions all too often end up in emergency caesareans... and I hear/see this all the time happening right here, because induction of labour is known to increase the rate of emergency caesarean sections.

Note: Pitocin is what we call Syntocinon here in Australia, it's the same drug - so although they are in the US, doesn't mean this doesn't apply to us here, it's the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fPauJEy7fc

Hey there,
just thought I'd drop by and mention that I tried acupressure as a means of inducing my labor since when my last pregnancy was induced medically I found it painful and also that I was being made to fit in with their timetable. My husband tried acupressure on pressure points near my ankles and kept repeating this over the next day and I started labor soon after than. Now I can't say for sure whether the acupressure started my labor but it was well worth a try.