Have you been induced and had vaginal delivery?

Hi all,

Ob discovered this week i have preeclampsia. Have been in hospital since tuesday but hings are getting worse. Blood pressure 172/126. Blood tests not good.
Am being induced with gel tonight, more gel in morn, and drip if that doesn't work.

I was hoping to avoid induction and have a normal physiological child birth, unfortunately that aint gonna happen! So have revised my hopes, and am now hoping to have as little intervention as possible and a vaginal delivery. OB is very supportive and hopes for this as well.
(Most important thing is that baby and i are ok, so if i end up in theatre, so be it, as long as we are alright.)

I am looking for positive stories about inductions and vaginal deliveries. If you have one, please share with me!

Thanks!

Ange,

I was induced with a drip with both DD and Charlie, and had a VB both times. With Charlie, he was in distress and I was booked for a caesar at 2.00pm if I hadn't had him by then and I birthed him at 1.59pm. :)

i too was induced and had vaginal delivery after waters broke 27hrs prior

You could also ask if your cervix is open to have your waters ruptured instead of the drip. You can be induced and have a vaginal birth, it's completely possible. The rates of c/s are very high though in first time mums being induced. Even if you do have a C/S, a normal physiological childbirth is still completely possible - there is a reason you need to be induced so it's definitely needed.

Cervix high and closed tight! But he said he will check it after the gels and and break waters if possible. Fingers crossed!

Hi Ange
You have a very good chance of a vaginal birth. In fact the majority of inductions I have seen have resulted in a vaginal birth.
I would just like to add I love your attitude, stay positive, I’m wishing you all the best.

Hi

I was induced at around 8am, they broke my water and found that I was 2cm dilated. I didnt have gel though.

They hooked me up to a drip but that was on very, very low and was not really needed as contractions started to come on virtually straight away.

They came on very gradually, first I felt a little niggle then they grew from there, so I was able to get used to the feeling, I had gas when they started to get quite painful and that got me through until the epidural arrived. If I was game enough I think I could of got through without the epi but i didnt want to feel the actual delivery, my choice. When the epi was put in I was due to push so I practically got through all of it with just gas and I was VERY proud of myself with that as my pain threshold is non-existent!!

My DD arrived at 2.15pm that afternoon, so it was quick in most peoples standards but I loved the fact I didnt have to wait all day for something to happen and by tea time I had showered and eaten and had a beautiful baby girl to show off to visitors who came that night for visiting hours.

I think back to my Induction and labour quite often, I am actually yearning for it again!!! I cant wait till I have another baby and I hope it is as memorable as my first. Next time I will have my partner take video so I can relive it again and again as it will be our last baby.

I wish you all the best and I hope you have a wonderful and memorable birth.

I went in with no expectations as I have true belief that every birth is different so went in with a very open mind, thats the key.

Hi Ange,
I had my dd early coz of PE too but I had her @ 31 weeks. I was induced, also had a stitch in my cervix which was taken out and waters broken, then put on the drip. I had a normal vb with her which I didnt think was possible with her being so early. Wishing you all the best.

I had an induction with my 3rd birth. I had my waters broken and labour didn't start (in hindsight due to her being posterior), it was very hard and did result in my having a retained placenta and post partum haemorrage. Another thing is that they might say they need to continually monitor you as well, but this isn't necessary - intermittent monitoring is fine, but considering the circumstances for your induction, you would have to have more monitoring anyway.

Good luck - Like Alan said you have a great attitude - so keep that train of thought and you will do fine.

hi Ange- i'm so sorry to hear this has happened- i know how keen you have been to have a go at at natural birth. sounds like your drs know what they're doing though and that you're in good hands. good luck with it all honey!! like everyone has been saying, you have a great attitude and i know you've been doing heaps of reading and asking questions to empower yourself, so you'll be just fine, no matter what happens. i'll be thinking of you- and how exciting you get to meet your little one so soon!!! can't wait to hear your birth announcement. best of luck xox

Sorry Caro you are wrong. Normal physiological birth means no interference, it's more defined than natural birth. Birth out of the vagina is vaginal birth but women are too embarrased to use the word. I have no problem saying it but the word vagina is in my vocabulary almost every day in the work I do, so I am immune to embarassment about it.

Alan, a midwife who works in the RWH told me of all the first time mums coming in for an induction, around 50%+ end up with a c/s.... thats high to me. I guess there are different forms of inductions too which all have different implications.

wow thats high, so glad after my induction i still had a vaginal delivery

hi ange
i have been induced with all three of my girls due to high blood pressure (not pre-eclampsia though) and i had vaginal births for all.
My first 2 i was in labour for about 8 hours and my 3rd for 2hours. For all three i had the gels, ARM and the drip. Best of luck for tonight :)

I was induced for high blood pressure with Emerson. They tried the gels which did nothing and then broke my waters and I was in labour straight away lol. 5 hours labour I pushed out my little man! It is certainly possible. When my waters were broken I was already 2cm dilated.

I was extremely lucky in hindsight as there had been a change over in Dr's just before I had Emerson. A midwife commented that had I been with the old Dr's I would have been induced 2 weeks before I was. And funnily enough since the new Dr's have joined the c-section rate has dropped dramatically. Food for thought anyway!

Good luck!

I had an ARM done so technically ive been told thats induction and i went on to have a vaginal delivery, but ended up with a vac extration cos Chelsea could never crown.

All the best Ange... you can do it, u have the right frame of mind and spirit!!!

I just wanted to say good luck!! You will do a super job whatever happens. I really do hope that you are able to have a vaginal birth and I think with your positive attitude you have a great shot at it.

I was induced and it hit me hard and fast, I freaked out and closed my mind to everything and all I wanted was pain relief! My only advice is to remember to stay positive (easier said than done!) and to keep your mind open and clear! I ended up having a epidural which slowed things down and my little man needed the ventouse to help pull him out (he was posterior as well). The MW's were quite sure that had I not had the epidural that I would have delivered my little man all on my own. (I got to 9cm with no pain relief) Can't wait to hear all about it.

*HUGE HUGS*

I was induced and had a vaginal birth. Admittedly, I was very close to a section, but managed a vaginal birth in the end. There's a link to my birth story in my siggy if you want to read it in full.

I started pushing with no pain relief (it doesn't hurt anywhere near as much as people make out) and could have gone for longer had DS not been posterior and needed to be turned - that's when I needed the pain relief!

I was induced and had a vaginal birth. I was close to a caesar but like Ryn managed to have a vaginal birth just in time. I have written my birth story if you want to read it.

Yes, I had the gel, then when that didn't move things, had the drip, and had my waters broken, and had a vaginal birth (although needed an episiotomy and forceps delivery), but still vaginal.

Good luck!

I guess things are rolling for you now but if you are still rteading this I think the most important thing is to relax. forget that you are being "induced" and just let your body respond to what is happening as everything they are doing is just an artifical way of what your body would normally do. Do lots of visualisation - imagine your cervix opening and your baby decending.

They will want to monitor you but this does not mean you have to be lying down you can rock, figure eight your hips, squat etc beside the machine. Also you can also ask to have th monitor taken off for 10 min while you and your drip go a walking. Another tip is to go labour in the bathroom. My midwife spent most of my labour on the mats in the bathroom with me (I wouldn't come out as I didn't have to be strapped to the machines in there:-)

Try to steer clear of an epidural if you can as they can increase the chances of c-sec.

I had sudden pre-eclampsia with DS, went for a check up and 3 hrs later was in hossy getting induced. I had ARM and then the drip started 30mins later. My contract started just before the drip was put in but because of the BP and toxemia they had to put the drip in as they wanted labour started ASAP. 5 hrs later (2 hrs pushing as DS got stuck under my pubic bone) DS was born! I had an epiesitomy at the end but that was the only intervention. It did take 4 days for my BP to come down though so be aware it might not come down straight away.

All the best, hope it all goes well.

Haven't got time to write the whole story out, but just popped in to say that yes I had an induced labour with first child and she was born vaginally.

The statistics are scary about induction and c/section, and probably rightly so (I have also had an induced labour that was a c/section) but many factors come into play that you can't count on beforehand so it's not always doom and gloom.

Good luck!

Vaginal birth is most definitely possible after induction. I am another one who had to be induced because my body wouldn't go into labour after my waters broke and after 3 HOURS out she came.
Best of luck Ange and I sincerley hope that you get the vaginal birth you want.

i was induced, and had a vaginal birth quite happily. Had the hormone tape thing inserted in the evening, and was told the obs would be back at 7am the following morning to brake my waters, and insert gel. Never got that far, Aiden arrived at 7.45 the next morning, my waters broke naturally whilst pushing..
no problems at all.
Good luck.

I have had an induction with both my births and both were vaginal deliveries. With my first son I had pain relief, but with Oliver I had nothing.

The best advice my Doula gave me and told me over and over during the labour is to breath my baby out.

Can't wait to see your birth announcement.

Lv Spring

I was induced by drip with my DS (I'm a first time mum). I had a vaginal birth, and only gas & air (which didn't really work for me anyway!) for my 10 hour labour. I got through it by sitting in the bath for hours - the hospital had monitors that could be used in the water.

Best of luck - you'll be just fine.

I was induced with Mackenize.
All through my pregnancy I was told that I had a HUGE baby and have to watch her growth. At 39 week I hadnt dropped and she was sitting high. Iwas scheduled in for a csection. I want to have a natural birth and wanted to try first. My ob was all for that which was great.
I arrived at 6,30am. HE came and broke my water .... nothing happened. After 2 hours he put me on a drip (10am) .... nothing happened until 1pm when they has pumped the drip up to 250 then the labour got underway and Mackenzie was born at 3.00pm. I have 1 dose of pathadine right at the end. No stitches and I left the hospital the next day ay 10am to go home.
It was a really positive experience and I really have to thank my lucky stars I had the best midwife for me!
Let us know how you go!
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Jen

I was induced with 2 of my babies & both were vaginal births (1 very quick)

I have been induced 4 times due to Pre-E and High Bp. all of my deliveries have been vaginal.

What I have found is the labour hurts from the beginning and is more intense from the induction. But be positive and breath though your contractions. you will do great. :D

I was induced with the Gel, within 1hr of having the Gel I was in labour & bubs was born 6hrs later by VB no probs.

Well, I have had 6 children and three were without being induced!
I am RH iso immunised and because of the risk to the baby, have had to be induced, whether it be the drip or by ARM and gel. The first two inductions were both ARM and gels and the contractions took their time to arrive but when they did come, they hit hard and fast! My last induction, was a scheduled induction in Melbourne as baby was very sick. This time they used the gel, but also used the drip against my wishes as the Obs wanted baby out asap, this wasn't the result though and to my mind the drip made the labour twice as long.When baby arrived , she had the cord wrapped tightly around her neck and even though she cried immediately, she stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated.
I regard all my inductions (even though they were medically needed) as unneeded, as I believe my body would have been able to cope naturally. If I was ever to have another baby(not likely though) and the iso immunisation was to start problems happening again, I would hold off until the last minute and try to do it all myself.

Jen, how big was Mackenize when she was born? Was she huge?

You've no doubt got underway now and hoprfully all went well.. But just wanted to add good luck, I had a vaginal birth after being induced...

although she was suctioned out as I was soooo tired I couldn't push... this time round trying for no epidural though... fingers crossed....

I hope your induction went well...

Just thought I would update...

Ange delivered a healthy baby girl late last night, weighing in at 5lbs 14oz :D

The little princess has yet to be named. Ange said all is well but she is exhausted. She can't wait to tell us all about it! :)

Kelly - Mackenzie was born 8 pound 10 oz or 3.5 kilos. Which is not small but not too big (I have child bearing hips lol). The birth was very easy once labour got underway. I was so petrified of the birth and how much it was going to hurt (
They were worried about her head size more than her weight because when I had a scan the sonograher actually put her due date in as the 26th of June instead of the 2nd June. So the computer said that I had a baby with a monstrous head! I was so so worried.

But in the end I had a perfect birth, although I wasnt aware they put you on a drip untill I got there .. I was under the impression that he would just broke my waters ( which he did but it didnt work) so then I went on the drip. I think there are some risks with the drip but I just went along with what my ob thought was best for me afterall I paid him alot of money to look after me and bub. - And the midwife actually delievered my baby anyway he wasnt even there!

Anyway sorry for the rant!

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Jen

Everyone has pretty much answered your questions. I just wanted to add I had 3 induced labours, all vaginal deliveries. My 2 last labours I had to have 3 lots of prostoglandin gel over 2 days, but both times at the third review was enough to ARM. From then on I had the drip and had a baby after 3 hours of labor.

You'll be fine....goodluck in whatever they decide to do.

Cheers Jacqui

I was induced due to pre eclampsia at 38wks, had ARM (was 1cm already) then a syntocin drip. I had a 3 hour labour, no drugs no tearing.

So yep you can be induced and have a perfectly healthy, uncomplicated vaginal birth.

Good luck!