YAAAYYYY!!!

Sorry, you probably think i'm mad, after all the anticipation and nerve-getting you've been through but...

I have a friend who is having her 3rd caesar later this year. Her first was an emergency c after a failed induction. They gave the gels, nothing much happened, they gave her the drip, nothing much happened, she was dilated to 1 so they broke her waters. 36 hours and no contractions later her temp went up. She had an infection. Bubs was born by emergency section with Strep B infection. Strep B can be treated and is often mild but for her little boy it was a tough road. He had a lung infection and was generally poorly for a few weeks.

The trauma of all that scared her so much (as well as her obesity and BP and scar issues (they didn't cut it very straight at the time for whatever reason) that she's had a reluctant elective section since and is planning her 3rd later this year.

Now, hers is a VERY VERY extreme case, but if only her Ob had said "ok, come back in a few days" she might have been saved all that heartache and her soon-to-be 3 surgeries. I am so so glad for you to have avoided that!

If the next time you go in, it still doesn't work, ask about a Foley's Catheter Induction - there are no drugs, it makes your body make its own dilating hormones and has had good results. Best of luck, i hope your birth is FABULOUS.

Bx