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[quote=Anonymous]I was initially on standby, but my doctor said that beds almost always opened up for inductions (Fairfax). I had GD, so I got priority placement, and was induced on that date. We checked in at 8pm, and was hooked up to monitors and had IVs inserted and blood drawn. They needed to monitor for at least an hour before I was allowed to get up and move around again, and they had me hooked up any time I was in bed, so even getting to use the bathroom was a hassle. Started ripener at midnight, with another dose every couple of hours. Expect to be woken often. I only had mild contractions the next morning, and hadn’t progressed much — was maybe a 2 — so doctor broke my water. My cervix was in an awful position, and breaking my water was painful (my second pregnancy I hardly felt it). Started pitocin later in the morning. Got an epidural around lunchtime when I was about a 4 and contractions still weren’t that bad. Baby was sunny side up, so the epidural didn’t do much for the back labor. Started pushing around midnight, and baby was born with vacuum assist at 3am. My induction was awful because my baby was in a terrible position (sunny side up) and on the larger side (8.5lbs) for my extremely narrow hips. My sister had two inductions that were under 6 hours though. It’s the luck of the draw. [/quote]

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