Induced in 2 days.. Worried sick!

Mom2Be wrote: »

Help!

I dont even know what im asking really ~ Im being induced Wednesday morning @ 8am.. Im an absolute bag of nerves over it. Was still staring at the ceiling last nite @ 3am.. Cant sleep..

Is it as bad as they say ~ Apparently the labour happens so fast that the pain is unbearable and also you can tear yourself really easy as your body doesnt have time to adjust to the contractions..

Am i only hearing all the horror stories?

Surely there is some good ones out there!?

Hi OP, i'm posting here as a man whose partner has been induced in the past and i was with her through it.
The labour happened pretty fast for her to be honest but she didn't think it was too bad.
I think you may be hearing just the bad stories but i'm a man and i wouldn't like to undermine anything the amazing women that have gone through.

I'm sure you'll be fine OP. You never know you might go between now and then. Go for a very long walk if possible and get some exercise.:)

Mom2Be wrote: »

Thank you for the fast reply.

I have pretty much tried everything they say.. This lady has no intention of arriving on her own, she seems quite comfy where she is. Oh i dunno, as you said, maybe i am just hearing all the horror stories. Plenty women get induced and im sure they cant all be bad stories.

Well as i said my partner was induced. It was for our first whose 7 now.
She wasn't induced for our second and she said that was a tougher labour.
You'll be totally fine OP. It would be weird if you weren't a little nervous.
Its totally natural imo. But you'll be fine and it will all be worth it when your little bundle arrives:)

I think the fact that I knew I was goin in on the date given had me a bag of nerves too,

Do yourself a favour and rake the phone off the hook on Tuesday night!!

Good luck and enjoy your new baba!!

Try a long walk and a spicy curry for dinner tonight!! Will be thinking of you hopefully you go yourself between now and wednesday.

I was induced on my boy (now 20 months). He also was a stubborn little git and was way too comfy where he was. I tried everything to go myself but it just wasn't happening and by 10 days over my blood pressure was up and the fluid around him seemed to have dropped so I was booked in for induction. Like you, I was absolutely dreading it and thought that any chance of a natural birth was gone out the window. I shouldn't have worried, but you don't know that when it's happening to you!

So, I was kept in on the Friday night to be induced the following morning. At around 11am the doctor came around and inserted the gel. It was completely painless, even less intrusive than inserting a tampon. After 30 mins I was able to carry on as normal, so I was up and walking about, hoping for something to kick off. My husband and I did laps of the hospital and nothing happened. Eventually at 4pm I was put on a monitor just to check on things and after 20 mins the nurse said she was sending me up to the labour ward to go on a more accurate machine. She didn't tell me that I was actually having contractions (I hadn't felt a single one).

I was on the labour ward about 5 mins when I felt an almighty contraction (really horrible) and my forewaters went. I was a bit shocked as the contractions immediately started coming hot and heavy. I was on the gas for about an hour and a half. I won't lie, it was painful, but while the pain was manageable the fear that it was going to get worse was not. I asked for the epidural, she checked me and said it was too late! So I was stuck with the gas. I had a bit of a quiet freak out but my husband managed to calm me down and I managed to get back to all the calming exercises I'd learned in yoga and from the hypnobirthing CDs and we soon got back on track. I'm sooo glad I didn't get the epi because in the event, the pains didn't get any worse, just closer together and the actual birth bit was completely fine.

In total, from that first contraction it took almost exactly 4 hours - 2 hours of contractions, an hour and a half of irregular pushing (my cervix had started out extremely high - the doctors hadn't been able to reach it to do a sweep - and it took a bit of work to get the baby down) and about half an hour of real hard pushing for the birth. I did tear quite badly, but that was because I didn't stop pushing when I was told to - I think I could have avoided the worst of it if I had listened and controlled myself a little bit better (and everything healed and went back to absolute normal so try not to worry about that).

My boy was 9lbs 6 oz and came out completely healthy. There had been a lot of meconium in the waters but he was unaffected and showed no signs of post-maturity, I guess I'm just a 42-week gestator. Other than the gel, we had no other intervention. To be honest, I would take my 4-hr induction over a 12-hr labour any day of the week. It was a completely positive experience, the midwives were brilliant and did everything they could to make sure I had as natural a birth as possible (as was my stated wish) and I'm delighted we managed it.

Everyone's experience is different, but I think some things can contribute to making it a positive experience (provided there are no medical reasons to do otherwise):

- being induced does not mean other interventions are necessary. Things like leaving the waters intact can make for a less painful delivery and can reduce stress on the baby.

- you don't have to have an epidural. If you think you can cope, you will.

- only eat very lightly in the 12 hours before your induction. I ate all round me and really, really regretted it. I'm not going into details, but yuk.

- listen to the midwife when s/he tells you to stop pushing! If you can resist (and it is hard not to push at that stage) you will avoid the worst of the tearing.

- try not to be afraid! Your baby is coming out one way or the other, your body and the nursing staff know what to do and once it kicks off it's only a few hours til it's all over.

Good luck, I hope it all goes as well for you as it did for me. I'm expecting #2 and I can't believe it, but I'm actually looking forward to the birth on this one!

While I do agree with both Cat and Ayla, this is my experience.

I went into labour on a maternity ward, (first) contractions started at every 7 mins then 5, 3 etc. I was getting on fine, just jumping up at the end of the contraction and stretching out.

I was moved toi the delivery room after 5 hrs and told to call other half and get my bag and this totally took me out of my plan I had in my head. I got flustered, had contractions in the corridor etc.

By the time I was settled in the delivery room, my contractions had stopped.

I was put on the drip, contractions went back up to every 3 mins. It was fine, just loads of gas on the very last few seconds of each contraction.

But after 5 contractions I was so flustered trying to answer the midwives' questions I got an epi.

I have a relation who goes private, gets induced at the due date, gets the epi and is dune and dusted in under 4 hrs every time!

You'll be grand, Ive heard of so many people being up all night the day before their induction date, falling asleep at 5:30 and waking at 7:30 in labour!

metrovelvet wrote: »

I had an induction.

Went in at 8 am. They did the balloon and put me on pitocin after the waters eventually broke.

Contractions are from hell. I was in tears for hours.

Got an epi around midnight or later, cant rememeber exactly.

Developed a fever and put on a paracetomal drip and another one for antobiotics think I was on four drips in total plus the monitor strapped around me. Not much room for moving around.

Baby's head got stuck mid contraction at some point early the next morning. I fell asleep during labour.

Two surgeons woke me up to tell me we would need to operate or risk of cerebral palsy.

Had a an emergency section at about 5 am the next day. Put under general. Had a blood transfusion and kidney failure.

Stayed in hospital for five days. Baby was fine.

Is it called an induction or an inducement?
My partner and her sister were arguing last week over what its called.
They asked me and i said i hadn't a clue:)

metrovelvet wrote: »

Induction.

Thanks Metro. I wasn't doubting you.

Mom2be, Im being induced on Friday so understand your fears. Im pretty scared too BUT Ive heard nothing but positive stories (well maybe with the exception of the one above :eek: ) so try to focus on that Plus this time next week we'll have our much anticipated babies in our arms

Hope it all goes well for you Mom2be, I'll be thinking of you! I might be in Limerick myself on this one, was in KK last time. I've heard a couple of good stories about Limerick in the past 3 weeks so I hope you get the same treatment. Make sure you report back!