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How did your labor
How did your labor differ when you were induced vs. not induced? My
doctor's talked about inducing soon if I don't go into labor on my own. He said he may just need to break the water to get things started. Has this worked for anyone? Thanks. BARBARA |
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I had to be induced. My water broke on its own 3 days prior to having
Izabella. I had cervidle (sp?) inserted 2 times and than the day after that had the piticon drip done for 2 days and finally on the 3rd day I had Izabella. Thats what happened to me. I just hope that if he breaks your water that it works for you. -- Laura Mommy to Izabella Gertrude **Feb 10th, 2003** And 2 felines *Ashes(2) & George (4)* http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/i/izabellawelburn/ "BARBABA" wrote in message om... How did your labor differ when you were induced vs. not induced? My doctor's talked about inducing soon if I don't go into labor on my own. He said he may just need to break the water to get things started. Has this worked for anyone? Thanks. BARBARA |
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Larry McMahan wibbled
You don't say when your estimated due date is or how for over it you are (are will be). You should definately NOT let your doctor induce you BEFORE your edd. In general you should also not let your doctor induce your before two weeks after you EDD, opting instead for some kind of testing to assure him (and you the baby is still OK). Once you get to 2 weeks past EDD, then doctors become much more aggressive about inducing. If you are knowledgable, and use ultrasound or NSTs to assess placental viability and induce only if necessary. You would be better off going into labor on your own. Do not consent to early induction. Every case is different. There are several very valid reasons why pre- EDD induction has been discussed for me, and although I am now just three days from EDD it's a firm possibility that I will be induced next week, if I do not go into labour before then (which is quite likely). This is the right decision for me, given a number of circumstances, and for all you know might be the right one for the OP too, since we know almost nothing about the circumstances she is facing. NOTHING is black and white about this. Jac |
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BARBABA writes:
: How did your labor differ when you were induced vs. not induced? My : doctor's talked about inducing soon if I don't go into labor on my own. : He said he may just need to break the water to get things started. Has : this worked for anyone? : Thanks. : BARBARA You don't say when your estimated due date is or how for over it you are (are will be). You should definately NOT let your doctor induce you BEFORE your edd. In general you should also not let your doctor induce your before two weeks after you EDD, opting instead for some kind of testing to assure him (and you the baby is still OK). Once you get to 2 weeks past EDD, then doctors become much more aggressive about inducing. If you are knowledgable, and use ultrasound or NSTs to assess placental viability and induce only if necessary. You would be better off going into labor on your own. Do not consent to early induction. Larry |
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Jacqui writes:
: Larry McMahan wibbled : You don't say when your estimated due date is or how for over it : you are (are will be). You should definately NOT let your doctor : induce you BEFORE your edd. In general you should also not let : your doctor induce your before two weeks after you EDD, opting : instead for some kind of testing to assure him (and you the baby : is still OK). Once you get to 2 weeks past EDD, then doctors : become much more aggressive about inducing. If you are : knowledgable, and use ultrasound or NSTs to assess placental : viability and induce only if necessary. : : You would be better off going into labor on your own. Do not : consent to early induction. : Every case is different. There are several very valid reasons why pre- : EDD induction has been discussed for me, and although I am now just : three days from EDD it's a firm possibility that I will be induced next : week, if I do not go into labour before then (which is quite likely). : This is the right decision for me, given a number of circumstances, and : for all you know might be the right one for the OP too, since we know : almost nothing about the circumstances she is facing. NOTHING is black : and white about this. : Jac OK. But the circumstances in which it is indicated is VERY limited, such as pre-eclampsia. Even PIH not accompanied by protein spillage is not an indication unless the PIH is quite bad. Induction is also oftne recommended for suspected macrosomia associated with GDM, but again, the evidence to induce in this circumstance is not very strong. Again, this one can be relative. Since the OP a. indicated that she tended to go over dates often, and b. did not indicate any condition that she thought warranted induction, and since the advice to induce is frequently over prescribed, I thought it was good to give her the the alternate viewpoint. Larry |
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I went into labor with my first on my own. I woke up at 4:30 in the morning
exactly one week before my due date having contractions that were 20 minutes apart. I had a doctor's appointment scheduled for that morning at around 10:30 anyway, so I went ahead and went to that. My doctor told me to go to the hospital because I was dilated to a 4 and my "bag of waters was bulging". So I got to the hospital at around 11:00am, they ended up breaking my water at around 3:30pm because my contractions weren't regular at all and my DD was born at 4:49pm. Total time in the hospital before baby was born was less than 6 hours and I could move around all I wanted to. My second labor I was induced a little early, probably mostly for my doctor's convenience, but it really sounded good to me at the time, because I was afraid of my waters breaking at home and not making it to the hospital in time, due to how fast my 1st was born. Also, my doctor said my cervix was very favorable for an induction and I was already dilated (again) to a 4, with no noticeable contractions. This time I had to get to the hospital at, I think, 6:30am. They started the pitocin at around 7am, but the contractions didn't really start for a couple of hours. They finally broke my water at around 1:30pm and DD#2 was born at 2:42pm. Total time in the hospital before baby was born was a little over 8 hours and I couldn't get out of bed most of the time, because they had to have external monitors on me to monitor the baby's heartrate to make sure the pitocin wasn't affecting her. The contractions themselves and the actual birth/pushing stage was no different between the two. So while my actual labor time was shorter with DD#2, I was actually at the hospital for more time and was WAY more uncomfortable without the freedom to roam the halls. If we have another, I won't agree to be induced again (barring any complications), just so I can spend more of the labor and home where I'm comfortable. -- Sandi Abby (9/20/00) Natalie (7/27/02) "BARBABA" wrote in message om... How did your labor differ when you were induced vs. not induced? My doctor's talked about inducing soon if I don't go into labor on my own. He said he may just need to break the water to get things started. Has this worked for anyone? Thanks. BARBARA |
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BARBABA wrote in message . .. How did your labor differ when you were induced vs. not induced? My doctor's talked about inducing soon if I don't go into labor on my own. He said he may just need to break the water to get things started. Has this worked for anyone? Thanks. BARBARA 1st Baby: Induced at 8 days overdue. 12 hour labor, pitocin, epidural, ended up with internal monitor and the works. Good experience, but definitely interventional. 2nd Baby: Spontaneous labor at 6 days overdue. 6 hours from first contraction until baby out, 3 hours of actual regular, hard labor. Completely natural, very very fast. The second birth was no harder than the first, despite going without epidural. I would definitely take the labor on your own route! laurie mommy to Jessica, 27 months and Christopher, 12 weeks *This email address is now valid* |
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I was induced with my first daughter, went into labour on my own with my
next two. The first and second labours lasted the same length of time, although the induced labour hit harder earlier. It was like nothing, just a little tight feeling, then boomboomboom. Once the water is broke it's really painful! I would recommend not to be induced, it can lead to many more interventions and a c-section wouldn't be a surprise. Marie BARBABA wrote in message . .. How did your labor differ when you were induced vs. not induced? My doctor's talked about inducing soon if I don't go into labor on my own. He said he may just need to break the water to get things started. Has this worked for anyone? Thanks. BARBARA |
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I want to second what Marie said~ both my friends' and my own recent labours
were going along just fine until our waters were broken... then things got nasty for us both, and our babies! I'd go for the prostaglandin gel, but NO breaking of the waters... In my case, he was posterior, and breaking the sack caused him to clunk down quickly into a really bad posi where he had to stay (as there wasn't any way for him to move), causing a long and painful labour. It also tightened the cord 'round his neck...Gasp causing great dips in his heart rate. In my friend's case, when the waters were broken the babe (also not engaged fully) clunked down, causing not only the short cord to tighten around the neck and body of her baby, but also to pull the placenta away from the wall of her uterus, causing a haemorrhage (sp?), and total loss of foetal heart beat... which led to a very urgent caesarian. No, I wouldn't have my water's broken again. Best of luck, Lovey D. "Marie" wrote in message ... I was induced with my first daughter, went into labour on my own with my next two. The first and second labours lasted the same length of time, although the induced labour hit harder earlier. It was like nothing, just a little tight feeling, then boomboomboom. Once the water is broke it's really painful! I would recommend not to be induced, it can lead to many more interventions and a c-section wouldn't be a surprise. Marie BARBABA wrote in message . .. How did your labor differ when you were induced vs. not induced? My doctor's talked about inducing soon if I don't go into labor on my own. He said he may just need to break the water to get things started. Has this worked for anyone? Thanks. BARBARA |
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I have had my water broken 3 out of 4 times but when already in labor which
speeded up the process. When i was induced my water broke on its own. I prefer the breaking on its own but i prefer not to be induced. Having an IV while in labor and trying to push and even afterwards was a pain in the a$$. Not being bale to have as much freedon with walking while in labor was a drag. I wont do it again unless im way overdue. Shannon due sept 12 |
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