There are different ways to be induced. You may just need gels administered and that will be enough to start your labour. Or perhaps you'll need your waters broken, or the assistance of syntocin. Obviously there is no way of knowing until you are at that point. I was induced for medical reasons with my first daughter. They broke my waters and i walked up and down the stairs for 3 hours trying to make some cx happen. I had no luck, so then i was put on the drip. The Cx from the drip felt much more uncomfortable than my second labour when i went into spontaneous labour. Obviously i preferred not being induced. But if i needed to be induced again for whatever reason i wouldn't be opposed to it, but i would do my best to avoid it.
If i was in your situation i guess i would play it a bit by ear. How far do you live from the hospital? You could always go in at the first niggle....
I too have heard that super fast labors can be traumatic for the baby. I don't really know anything about that statement though....
I don't imagine that an induction would be too much more painful than a very fast labour, unless you started a very fast labour at say, 5cm and an induction at 1 or 2cm dilated. Either way, it's probably like the difference between stubbing your toe on the coffee table or on the filing cabinet - they'll both hurt a bit!
I understand about you wanting to consider your options ahead of time just to get your head around things, but as others have said, it's not really a decision you can make til later in pregnancy. I don't think breech births are that common, so it's very possible that this time bub will engage head down and a speedy birth at home won't be as tricky.
How are you going logistics-wise in preparing? Do you have people who can come over at the drop of a hat if things go quickly again? Have you processed the last birth okay?
All the best with your preparing. xo
I was induced at 39 weeks in my first pregnancy due to health reasons also, and my body clearly wasn't prepared for it. Before I was admitted for induction, my cervix was still hard. I had gel put on at 6, again at midnight and started having contractions at about 12.30. I only dilated 2.5cm's up to 11am.
I had to be stretched to have my water broken and that was agonising. Never again!
Good Luck with everything. You'll know whats best for you
Thanks everyone, it's not something i really WANT to think about right now and i thought it strange the OB bring it up this early but she was very concerned that i only had 15min of pushing with Ava and that even when i called the hosp they did not think i was in enough PAIN to have been that far along.
No matter what they say i am heading to hosp at the first sign of contractions but it's just been playing on my mind and thought i might aswell see what other ppl's experiences were to get it off my mind/chest etc.
Thanks for taking the time to reply, am seriously hoping that my body will do it's own thing and i wont have to worry about it at all.
I chose an induction for dd3 because we had a longish trip to the hospital (1 1/2 hours) and my labours are quite gentle and then "bang!" at the end before anyone really knows what's happening.
I was very ready for the induction - the OB did a stretch and sweep the night before, and when they broke my waters I was already 4cm the next morning. They only used a tiny bit of drug for the induction and the labour was pretty much pain free.
But of course, different women will respond differently to induction. Will you call an ambulance as soon as labour starts, rather than risk a car trip?
We live about 45min from the hospital so the first signs of labour i think i will head in, the ambulance side of it is something i think i may just have to consider once we get that far.
Don't really want to waste the resources if i think i can make it but if Ava is anything to go by they could be my best chance. I know just because she was fast doesn't mean this one will be but i have to cover all bases.
I am so over having to tell Ava's story @ every midwives or Dr's appt though, they treat me like some kind of freak or they say oh really it happened that quick, why didn't you ring?
I DID RING - 3 TIMES... hmmmm
This time am not listening to a word they say, am just going to go in and camp in the foyer if i need to... hehe
TBH, the last part was pretty fast, but your labour did start a few hours before. I think you will have plenty of time to get to the hospital. I think its going right over the top to suggest induction when you clearly have no problem birthing bubs - and a breech one at that!
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