induce

well i am getting induced on the 27th due to high blood pressure. im feeling very nervous annd excited. can anyone tell me how long it took after being induced. and what it was like i know everyone is different just wanted to hear some stories.

My induction started on the 5th at 37w5d, it ended in a c-section on the 8th.

With 2 of them, 4.5 hours.. The other one took 18 hours!  

thank you for sharing  did the baby come out healthy?

Quoting A❤T=P+[It's a Girl:" My induction started on the 5th at 37w5d, it ended in a c-section on the 8th."

dang 18 hours! lol im sure you was ready to be done. it just scares me i would love to be able to wait until the baby is ready.

Quoting S U Z I E:" With 2 of them, 4.5 hours.. The other one took 18 hours!  "

Quoting michaela&michael+baby  :" thank you for sharing  did the baby come out healthy? "

She was healthy, she was small bc the pre-e caused IUGR.
It was an awful experience for me, I had to be on magnesium for 24 hours after and it took several weeks for my liver function to return to normal.

was it because of your high blood pressure. im sorry to hear that i am sure it was hard to go thru.

Quoting A❤T=P+[It's a Girl:" She was healthy, she was small bc the pre-e caused IUGR. It was an awful experience for me, I had ... [snip!] ... for me, I had to be on magnesium for 24 hours after and it took several weeks for my liver function to return to normal."

I'm getting induced at midnight. Been in hospital for 10 days with severe pre-e. Hoping it doesn't take days

wow good luck hope all goes well.

Quoting Amber {33 weeks}:" I'm getting induced at midnight. Been in hospital for 10 days with severe pre-e. Hoping it doesn't take days"

Quoting michaela&michael+baby  :" was it because of your high blood pressure. im sorry to hear that i am sure it was hard to go thru. "

yes, I had pre-e.

I was induced early because of high blood pressure with my first child.

I had a few stretch and sweeps at 37 weeks, 3 days (on a Friday) and was to be induced on the Monday. My cervix was closed, long and posterior, not at all ready for labour.

I arrived at the hospital and had a lot of testing. My cervix was still closed (maybe half a cm) and not effaced. I had the first Cervidil inserted at 2 pm. After a lot more testing and monitoring, I was able to go home. We went shopping first.

The next day (Tuesaday), we arrived at the hospital at 7 am. The cervidil is supposed to be in for 12 hours, but none of us wanted to go back to the hospital for 2 am  . I had that one removed and the next one inserted, more testing and then sent home again.

I started having contractions around 4 (this is a guess, they came on so gradually and gently, I really don't remember the first of them). We went out to Subway for supper and then back to the hospital for 7pm. The cervidil fell out around 6.

I was having contractions and had more testing (blood, urine and monitoring the baby/contractions). I was given the choice to go home or stay and start the artificial oxytocin. After much deliberation, we decided to go home.

After having strong contractions every 10 - 20 minutes through the night, we met back at the hospital for 10:30 am. I was checked to be 3 cm dilated, stretchable to 5 cm. The pitocin was started around 11am, as well as the antibiotics (GBS+). I laboured on an exercise ball while watching a Blue Planet for a while. Food came to my room at lunch and I tried to eat a bit but I just wasn't hungry. My doula got the tub set up for me and I laboured there until it was time to push (I had a wireless, waterproof monitor on). I would have liked to stay in the tub to push but I couldn't communicate that, induced labour is intense, especially during transition. So I pushed for about an hour and my daughter was born at 3pm. I only had one round of antibiotics so we stayed overnight so she could be observed.

It was a wonderful experience! I hope your induction goes as smoothly and easily as mine did  .

thank you for sharing and im hoping.

Quoting Roe23:" I was induced early because of high blood pressure with my first child. I had a few stretch and sweeps ... [snip!] ... so she could be observed. It was a wonderful experience! I hope your induction goes as smoothly and easily as mine did  ."