Have you been induced previous pgs

[bigbubbabelly]

I just wondering if anyone has been induced before or after due date vs going into labour naturally. My Obs suggested I can be induced early due to a condition I have. I can wait for labour naturally. I heard if you are induced it makes labour go very fast & may lead to tearing. Is this the case?

[tan32]

I have been induced in both previous pregnancies, for my DD it was at 36 weeks due to pre eclampsia, my labour was 4 hours and i had no tearing. She was 7lb 30z
I was induced again for my DS as he was 40 + 10 days, my labour went for under 40 minutes again i had no tearing.he was 8lb 10 oz
From what i can gather though i am lucky, inducing labour can tend to leed to more medical intervention .

P.S I had no forceps etc and no pain relief

[Visitor7]

There are heaps of threads about this on BellyBelly. Here's a recent one which should answer your questions. https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...induction.html

[Trillian]

To be completely honest with you, I had a very bad induction experience which made me vow to never have one again. I had a retained placenta which had to be manually removed under a general anaesthetic because to do so with only a local would be 'traumatic', a haemorrage that required a rather large blood transfusion and me not remembering a great deal of the birth because I had to zone out on gas and pethidine to get me through it. Having a fast labour and tearing are the least of your worries if you have one. Im not saying this to scare you or to put you off, and there are many women who have had inductions with no problems at all, but to ignore the very real possibilities of what can happen with one isn't in your best interest at all.

if your medical condition is not going to affect your baby then I would wait until labour starts on its own. Not only for the health of your baby, but your health as well.

please read this article too about induction from the main BB site;
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth/...-or-not-induce

[MrsFabuloso]

I haven't had a natural (or un-induced) birth (YET!!) but my induced birth was rather traumatic too. I was indused due to leaking waters. I was in labour for just under 24hrs, that's from nothing to contractions 5mins apart within an hour of having the drip inserted. It was painful and in my opinion my baby wasn't ready to be born yet. Because labour wasn't progressing, the ob kept on trying to push a c/s on me. I refused it, but about 2hrs before she was born, he was going to take me anyway and I nearly said yes. Thankfully I didn't give in. I was hooked up to machines to keep an eye on baby so I couldn't have an active birth like I wanted. I was in pain for so long I had gas and pethdine (which made me soooo sick) even though I didn't want it in my birth plan. She got stuck twice and it took me 3 hrs to push her out. I almost had to go under anasthetic to have my placenta manually removed cause it was taking so long to come out, I haemmoraged quite badly when it did come out (I think cause the dr pulled my placenta out). Breast feeding didn't happen when I first had her because I was just so tired. I didn't hold her or snuggle straight after birth she was left in her crib cause I was too weak and drugged up to really notice. I was just so relieved it was over. Breast feeding was very difficult for our whole journey (6mths) which I blame on a traumatic birth.
I am going to do everything I can to avoid being induced again. In my opinion if you don't need to be induced (mentally or physically), don't do it. It can lead to a cascade of intervention which you may not have had if your labour started spontaneously.

[Mum0809]

I was induced wih my son. I would do everything I could to never be induced again. It was a very difficult and traumatic labour/birth. The doctor did the gel and the contractions hit hard within 30 minute. My son was born with forceps assistance 23 hours later. My advice would be if you don't need to be induced, don't do it.

[Antheia]

Having had both i can say that the induced labour straight away started with contractions that felt the same as the spontanious labour at around 5-6cms dilated. So it was really hard and fast the whole way through. Whereas with the spontanious labour, i eased into it therefore i got used to the build up as it was slower and less intense. i hope that makes sense! So if you can i would definatly just wait and not be induced.