I had a cervidil cervix ripener? Is that it? Its sort of like a tampon that they insert under your cervix to prepare it for induction. If that's what it is I had it and it actually induced labour which the mw said wasn't meant to happen and if it did it was very rare, its soley just to ripen the cervix so that induction works better and quicker. Having rambled all that, which I'm sure doesn't make sense, I had a wonderful, quick labour that didn't require induction which I liked and ds is now a happy and healthy 5 month old. The pamphlet I got on the cervidil didn't state those risks that you mentioned coz if they did there is no way I would have gone throuh with it. It basically said what its meant to do and the side affects which where things like nausea, diohrrea, lower tummy pains and in rare cases labour. And it clearly stated the cervidil wouldn't directly effect the baby