Anyone induced as FTM without any dilation or effacement? How did it go?
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Anonymous
| Looking for stories of what to expect if induced as FTM with no dilation or effacement? How long did it take (we would do overnight cervidil prep and start pitocin next morning). Thanks! |
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Yep. With my first and second. Apparently I don't go into labor. Both times we waited until 10 days after the due date, and nada!!
With my first, we just started with pitocin at around 8AM. That got me far enough by lunch time so they could break the water. Then the contractions were much stronger. Still, I wasn't ready to push until close to midnight, and it took about 2 hours of pushing. I know LOTS of moms that had this identical experience with their first, and they had C sections. I wasn't opposed to a C section, but I think you should talk to your doctor about their C section rate with inductions, just so you know what to expect. With my second, started pitocin at 9AM. They were unable to break my water, so it was a day of useless artificial labor. They did cervidil overnight that night, and started the pitocin up again in the morning. Had that baby around 4PM that day with about 15 minutes of pushing. |
Anonymous
| I started on a tuesday night with cervidil, spent all day wed. on pictocin, no dice. wed. night they tried the cervidil again, pitocin all day thurs. thurs. night they tried proglastdin(sp?) gels, and sometime that night my water broke. back to pitocin, delivered the baby vaginally on friday afternoon. so, the induction took almost 4 days, all in all. but I avoided I c section (yay?) I hope I don't scare you, I don't think most inductions take that long. and really, I wasn't in pain until the last 8 hours when the serious pitocin contractions kicked into gear (I got an epidural at that point). the worst part is the waiting and the fruitless cervical checks when I wasnt progressing. Good luck to you, it is not ideal but some times it can't be helped. |
Anonymous
| 4 days? Yikes. That's really scary. Hoping that does NOT happen to me... but heard a lot of FTM inductions end in C sections... |
Anonymous
| Then don't let them induce. There is no rule that a baby has to come out a certain date because of some doctor's calculation. If it's not in distress, why rush things? That's why so many women end up with C/S. |
Anonymous
| I have gestational diabetes and they dont let you go past a certain point with GD... |
Anonymous
| Induced bc I was leaking amniotic fluid (sometimes you DO have to induce) and then pitocin for 18 hours to no avail. Hoping for VBAC with #2 but not so optimistic. |
Anonymous
| Induced because baby began losing weight in utero. Yes there are Medical reasons to induce. Had cervadil the night before started pitocin the morning and had the baby 4 hours later. All very easy to be honest. I realize this isn't normal and I was lucky maybe the quick delivery had something to do with my baby weighing a little under 5 pounds at almost 40 weeks. |
Anonymous
| Yes, 36 hours of non-productive labor (never got past 3 cm) that ended in an emergency C-section. We were both fine in the end, but I don't think DS was ready to come out, even 11 days overdue. |
Anonymous
| Yep. I went into labor after 7 hours on cervadil; never needed pitocin. Delivered my baby 5 hours later after 30 minutes of pushing. (This was my first, too.) |
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Induced with zero dilation. Did cervadil twice ( cervadil sucks, FYI.). Then petocin...After 42 hours attempting labor I had only dilated 3 cm. Ended up with a c section. I actually wish I would have just done the c section earlier because I was so tired by the time it actually happened that I think my recovery was much worse.
I was induced because I had polyhydroamnoisis, and I didn't want to worry about cord prolapse if my water broke elsewhere. |
Anonymous
No, most of the time you do not need to induce, although since 75% of maternity care in this country is not based on science, we have all sorts of protocols which will insist on induction (and other ridiculous interventions) that are not actually necessary. The best and latest scientific evidence we have shows that when there is an amniotic leak, expectant management (ie, waiting) and active management (ie, inducing) have the same - generally very good - outcomes. The expectant management group had to wait anywhere between 1 and 6 days for labor to spontaneously begin -- again, with no worse outcomes than the actively managed group. About 10% women will begin the labor process with their fluid leaking/breaking. Have a conversation with your OB about getting monitored, having zero internal exams, maintaining normal nutrition, and (patiently) waiting for labor to start. Usually when it finally does begin, labor will move very nicely and quickly to a spontaneous vaginal birth. |
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7 hrs from cervadil to baby in arms. Gl!
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Anonymous
| PP was that your first and you were zero dilated before? |
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Easy for me. I was induced with pitocin at 10 pm because I had a small tear in the amniotic sac and had ZERO amniotic fluid left. Had my baby vaginally at 7 am with no problems. 9 hours start to finish starting from absolute zero at 38 weeks.
It can be ok! Good luck! |