Oh my god! Being induced!

[skybie]

i was givin a 'sniff' of sinto when my labour stalled with DD2, from them putting the bag up it was only 3 hours and she was here.
my contractions were nothing and the first one i got after the sinto started made me moan! its great stuff lmao
Best of luck fr tomorrow, cant wait to read ur BA!!!

[Glamourcide]

1. How long after you were induced did you actually give birth?
Well, if we're counting from the first application of the gel, then it was like two full days. If we're counting from when they started me on the drip and popped my water-bag, around four hours. Gel didn't even budge my cervix.

2. Once you had the gel on did you also have your waters broken or did they wait a bit?
See above. Had two applications of gel, not a millimetre of difference over 36 hours, so they just put me on a drip, broke my waters and in around 10 mins I went from 0 to 10cm and started pushing.

3. How bad is it really having waters broken?
Not bad at all. Not painful, if that's what you're worried about. I had my waters broken with both DD1 and DD2 (DD2 was a spontaneous labour but I was at 10cm for over an hour and no sign of any further progress because my waters were intact, so I asked the mw to break them to get things moving), and it was fine. DD1 there was a pop and a HUGE gush of fluid (all over the student midwife, oops), DD2 just a little gush and then things were moving spectacularly.

HTH Good luck with your induction!! The intense pains only come about if you're on the drip, and the synto induces your uterus to contract - if you manage to avoid it and just go with the gel, your body will do the rest naturally and it will only be as painful as a natural labour (which, from memory, is a lot easier and less intense). Try not to get too excited about the date, I was admitted and expected DD1's birth date to be 09/08/07 but nobody told me the gel might not work, so it ended up being nearly two days later
Wishing you all the best!

[Butterfly Child]

1. How long after you were induced did you actually give birth? 10 hrs
2. Once you had the gel on did you also have your waters broken or did they wait a bit? i had to have my waters broken unfortuntly
3. How bad is it really having waters broken?umm sorry but for me it was excruitiating worse then the whole thing but only because my cervix was so not ready and something was up with it and it was really high. but most people it doesnt hurt apparently i was just unlucky

Goodluck babe you'll be fine you'll be holding your little one verry soon so exciting

[Butterfly Child]

Yeh they enfed up scratching DD head to wen they tried to break my waters too
poor thing had scratches on there took a a month orr so for them to go away poor thing

[Tiff+2]

I can't help you out any here, but I just wanted to come in and wish you all the very best with the pending birth. Take comfort in the knowing that you will be meeting you baby today or tomorrow. How ever the labour starts, it will definately be over tomorrow!
GL... I can't wait to see the birth announcement!!!

[Sagres]

1. How long after you were induced did you actually give birth? I was given a dose of gels at 8:30pm and gave birth at 4:30 am so 8 hours. Rough time line was crampy pain started at midnight, waters broke and more intense contractions at 2am, 10cm dilated at 4am.
2. Once you had the gel on did you also have your waters broken or did they wait a bit? I was going to have a second lot of gels at 5am and my ob was going to come back and break my waters at 8am, so almost 12 hours later, but it was all done and dusted by then!
3. How bad is it really having waters broken? n/a
I should point out my family has a history of quick dilation so I may have been quicker than the average.

HTH