How did your labor

Except...the standard protocol for "medical" induction is to break the
amniotic sac then start the pitocin. While it's certainly possible to

I thought you started with prosteglandin gel unless the cervix was clearly very
ripe.

..

As long as prophylactic antiobiotics are received by the mother,
the risk of infection due to AROM after 24 or more hours is minimal, and no
reason to resort to C-section assuming labor is progressing.

This is very true. However, my, perhaps incorrect feeling was this particular
doc was one who was quite interventist (he did, after all, simply tell the OP
that he wanted to induce without, as near as we could tell, giving her any good
reason...) and if he's not going to be willing to wait for normal labor to
begin BEFORE trying induction, is going to be willing to wait AFTER trying it?
Hmmm?

most OBs prefer to break the sac because
pitocin has been shown to be substantially more effective after this is
done.

But if induction isn't necessary, this really doesn't matter, since you can
just stop the attempt and mom goes home again to wait for labor to begin on its
own.


Naomi
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