Have you been induced previous pgs

[Missy]

I also have been induced 10 days early with DS and it only took 4 hrs. I ended up have a c-section but its alot quicker so Ive heard. Not sure about the tearing bit. Good luck hun!!

[Tiny One]

Hi

I was induced 10 days early due to high blood pressure. From the time they inserted the gel to the time my daughter was born was 47 hours.

Having the drip made the contractions come on very fast and painful and after a full day i was still only 1 cm. My husband told the doctor to turn off the drip on day one as i had not had any sleep the night before. They put the drip up again first thing on day 2 and the same thing happened again, it took another 6 hours to get to 5 cm. Eventually i had an epi and at 6pm on day 2 was ready to push. After 1 hour of pushing and the suction my daughter was born with only slight tearing ( i pushed to hard).

Next time i really hope to go without the induction, would prefer for nature to take its course (problems prevaling).

Hope this helps and does not scare you.

Suzi

[pollyanna]

I'm afraid i can only segregate the fors and againsts further. I was induced with both previous pregnancies and will be again (14 weeks now)-due to medical reasons. The first deliver wasnt so great but very big baby,epidural and forceps after 12 hours. 2nd delivery was a walk in the park,very quick and easy. No meds and all over in about 2 hours,no tears or grazes, no complications.

[BellyBelly]

If you are happy to share and it's not personal, can I ask what condition you have? You don't have to answer, I was just curious since the induction was a suggestion so I am assuming it's not a life threatening condition? Of course if it was, induction to save a life is worth it, no matter what experiences other people have. But if its something optional which isn't bad as such, then avoiding an induction can avoid further complications and interventions. So you might have an induction to avoid something minor but end up with something major. Inductions are the major component of the start of the cascade of interventions. When you have one, you are more likely to have pain relief, and epidurals, then you are more likely to have an assisted delivery (forceps or vacuum) and if that fails then you get the only other option - c/s. Happened to my last client - she had all of those things.... epi, vacuum (failed), forceps (failed) then code green - emergency c/s.

[satya]

When my DstepD was born her mother was induced as she was overdue. She had a very long and painful labour and I think forceps were used as well.

A friend of mine was induced due to pre eclampsia and she had a very painful labour and was unable to get an epidural so had to deal with the pain with just gas.

I don't know anyone IRL who's had a quick labour after being induced.

I'd say if you need it for a medical reason go for it, but if you don't then stay away from it as long as possible.

[Patooties]

Hi there
Just thought I'd give you a positive experience - just in case you do need to be induced.
I have been induced with all three of my bubs , due to high blood pressure. With the first i was in labour for 8 hours, the second 7 hours and the third 2 hours. I used gas for all three and had no tearing with any. For me, being induced wasn't a bad experience. Having said that, i do wish i'd been able to feel what going into labour naturally was like.
Good luck

[Mumof2Girls]

I've been induced for two of mine and it's looking very likely I'll be having this one early via induction as well. I've had pre-eclampsia every pregnancy. Anyway, my labours were 5hrs, can't remember exactly for the 2nd one and 2hrs 45 mins for the third one. 1st one I had a small tear with gas and pethidine, they used the gel and broke my waters. 2nd no tears and only gas, had to break my waters at 10cm dilation. 3rd one I had gel, syntocin drip and broke my waters, I had gas and pethidine and only small grazes. Having had both natural and induced labours, I'd definitely prefer the natural, as it was the least painful. I was really hoping to be able to go into labour on my own with this one too