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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was induced with a misoprostol pill and my contractions picked up and water broke within an hr or two. I then got an epidural an hr or two before pitocin and was ready to push around 10-12 hrs later. Ended up needing a C section because he wasn't progressing after 3 hrs of pushing, but I think that was a combo of his head size and my pelvis size, not related to epidural/pitocin.

On another note, I did get a TON of fluids while on my epidural and my baby was pressing on the connection between my kidney and bladder so I had zero output in my catheter bag for about 18 hrs. I ended up hugely swollen with probably 25 extra lbs of water weight. Also, I think some of that water must have gone to the baby because he ended up going under birth weight so much that they made me supplement. I always wonder if his brith weight was significantly impacted by the extra fluids. [/quote]
Edema/water retention is a side effect of misoprostol, so that probably contributed. I thought they stopped giving misoprostol pills because they can cause uterine tearing.  [/quote]

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