https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:53:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-79297 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:17 +0000 SAHM0811 79297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: congrats! welcome to parenthood!! hang in there during the newborn period! what helped me a lot was connecting with other exhausted mommies :) ...we are here if you need anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-79273 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:41:44 +0000 winniebee 79273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: Aw congratulations on your baby boy! Can't wait to hear more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-79264 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:35:58 +0000 banana 79264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay! Congrats Clementine!!! The first 3 months are the hardest but it gets better over time. Hang in there! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-79262 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:34:04 +0000 anbanan15 79262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so happy to hear things are well and your little man arrived safely! Getting rest before little one arrives is definitely hard to understand until the time passes, plus pre-L&amp;D your just too excited to rest :) Congrats again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-79253 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:15:12 +0000 Clementine 79253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thanks everyone! i had a healthy baby boy this past Thursday. my L&amp;D was nothing like I planned, but I tried to stay positive and be flexible like everyone said and it went by so fast. we're now home and everyone is well, but to be honest as much as I am overjoyed to have my new baby, I'm so plain exhausted! Now, I understand why EVERYONE TOLD ME TO REST BEFORE LO arrives, but I don't think you really understand until you go through it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-77130 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:09:53 +0000 mediagirl 77130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: ack! Update! Congratulations!!!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-77129 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:09:06 +0000 mediagirl 77129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: ooo I hope you have a beautiful new baby by now!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-77123 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:39:34 +0000 Andrea 77123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: congrats on your healthy baby boy! try to get as much rest in the hospital as you can before going home. and don't worry, no one knows exactly what to do at first. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-77122 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:24:32 +0000 Clementine 77122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my baby boy yesterday at 11:14 am! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. Did anything happen the way I thought it would in terms of L&amp;D, definitely not! All the advice folks gave on HB was great to just be flexible and stay positive. In the end, I have a healthy beautiful baby and that's truly the most important. But, I will wholeheartedly admit, I have no idea what I'm doing now and I'm so exhausted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75656 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:23:23 +0000 Andrea 75656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: wow, good luck! you can give us all the details during this post-a-thon. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75646 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:19:26 +0000 Clementine 75646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thanks guys...literally waiting in the hospital's triage room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75331 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:26:41 +0000 cupcakemama 75331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced as well. I wasn't given pitocin as I went into labor without it. I did have my waters broken by the OB and the contractions were about a thousand times worse after that. I delivered vaginally after 30 mins pushing, a healthy 8 1/2 lb baby.</p> <p>Good luck, you will be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75322 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:14:51 +0000 Cchoi4 75322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was suddenly induced as well. Good luck! It will be okay! They gave me pitocin and had to ripen my cervix since it wasn't dilated that much. I had what was called a foley catheter (catheter with an uninflated balloon attached at the end, that they inflate once they insert into you). This was the most unpleasant part but once that is over, the process is just a waiting game. </p> <p>Try to relax and take your mind off of it. Induction can take a long time so it's best not to worry or stress. Keep yourself busy whether it be TV or talking to your partner, reading a book or surfing the internet. </p> <p>good luck!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75275 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:41:39 +0000 mrstilly 75275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely eat! Forgot about that one... I was able to eat throughout my labor, but lost interest in food around 5 pm. I had been munching on snacks on and off that day, mostly carbs, but I hadn't eaten a big dinner or breakfast before going to the hospital and I was starving by the time I got to eat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75271 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:36:03 +0000 anbanan15 75271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck clementine!</p> <p>I did not want to be induced either. I wanted an all natural, unmediated birth, and ended up needed every drug in the book to get things moving. The best remark my midwife said to me during my disappointment was "did you not push that baby out all on your own? Then you had the natural birth you wanted". She was right. Things didn't go how I imagined, but I still gave birth to a healthy little boy in the end and that's all that mattered! Rest and try not to think about it. Everything happens for a reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75269 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:31:17 +0000 mrbee 75269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: You almost gave birth on Va-LIN-tine's day!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75266 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:26:44 +0000 Clementine 75266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: thanks, mr.bee. while in the hospital, i've been cheering JLIN on...hahaha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75265 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:25:27 +0000 mrbee 75265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: Good luck, Clementine!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75264 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:24:30 +0000 Clementine 75264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thanks, everyone. very very helpful! wish me luck! not what i expected nor wanted but trying to remain positive and open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75212 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:51:55 +0000 anbanan15 75212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced and was both so scared and excited the night before that I literally got no sleep. An hour before I was supposed to be induced the hospital called and said they had to reschedule for the following morning. Again got no sleep that night...</p> <p>My advice would be to sleep and eat before you go in. Our hospital does not let you eat solids once in labor and delivery, but because I was progressing so slowly I conned my OB/GYN into signing off on some nice hospital grade mac and cheese. HUGE mistake... Came up with the stress of getting an epi.</p> <p>I'm not sure what all they plan on using for your induction, but I was given an oral cervidil, my water was broken, was put on an epi in order to get pitocin, and was given pitocin. I still wasn't progressing well, but was feeling a lot of pressure and my OB/GYN said he was going to check with a somber tone (he was getting close to moving to a C-section) and BAM! there DS was ready to come out! </p> <p>I delivered DS vaginally after a 16 hour induction and just over an hour of pushing. The only major complication I had during L&amp;D was my blood pressure was dropping from the pitocin and I was given medication to make it go back up (another reason for the possible c-section), but I have low blood pressure anyway.</p> <p>My point is I was scared to death of an induction, and in the end it was not a big deal! Try to rest and relax and your little one will be here before you know it! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75205 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:44:08 +0000 BabyLove 75205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @tina- you should have a very large meal before you go to the hospital. Once they admininster the medicine, you can't eat. I didn't heed this warning and I was so sad! By the time I was able to eat, I was stuck with hospital food. </p> <p>Other than that, try to just relax and be present in the experience. You'll be just fine. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75195 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:35:10 +0000 tequiero21 75195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haven't been there yet, but wanted to say GOOD LUCK! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75165 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:11:26 +0000 CameronsMomma 75165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced by a catheter, and then they broke my water. I didn't get pit until I had an epi. Don't worry too much, they know what they're doing. Relaxing was key! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75163 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:08:12 +0000 autumnlove 75163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely sleep when you can and bring stuff to read! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75161 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:07:13 +0000 heffalump 75161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay for a baby coming soon, congrats and good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75158 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:06:09 +0000 mrs. wagon 75158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ooh! Definitely EAT as much as you can and SLEEP!!! Whatever it takes!! GOOD LUCK!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75156 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:05:40 +0000 mrstilly 75156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced and it was fine. Healthy baby via vaginal delivery. </p> <p>I'm not sure how much choice you have in the matter, but a few things I learned during my labor/delivery. </p> <p>I started pitocin at 7am when I was 1cm and fully effaced. They increased the amount of pitocin every 30 minutes until I was on the max dose because I was just having light contractions every few minutes. I paid for that later! My water hadn't broken and there really wasn't a need to rush things, and once all that pitocin in my body really started working, I had non-stop intense contractions with 15 second to no break in between. If you can, don't have them increase the dose of pitocin every 30 minutes, give it time to get in your system and do its job. </p> <p>They unhooked the IV when I took a break from the pitocin around 4pm. I thought labor was going to stall out, but opted to get in the tub (best.idea.ever!!) Changing position, walking around, and getting in the tub helped me to relax and the contractions picked back up on their own because of the all the pitocin in my system. Pitocin is not an on or off switch, so if you can, make sure they don't overdo it. If I had to do it over again, I would have requested they up the dose every 60-90 minutes instead of ever 30 minutes. </p> <p>I drank water, apple juice and gatorade during labor, so I didn't have to be hooked to an IV for fluids. I didn't get fluids via IV until about 2am when I asked for pain meds (a spinal block). They had to run a full bag of fluid before I could get the meds. </p> <p>They have wireless monitors so you can walk around even while tied to the IV. When you are on pitocin they want to monitor you continuously, so those are great to be able to walk around or change positions without getting stuck in bed. </p> <p>But like I said, I was induced, had a 23 hour labor with 3 hours of pushing. I had a 10lb 9 oz healthy baby boy. We all healed well and everything was great. </p> <p>I'm sure you'll do awesome and soon you'll have your LO in your arms! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75154 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:04:20 +0000 owlmom 75154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced, and the best tip I received was to take the sleep aid meds I was offered. I probably wouldn't have slept that night at all if I hadn't taken them. Good luck! You'll be great!<br /> ETA: try not to worry too much :) It really will be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75122 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:23:18 +0000 lola2011 75122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had my baby yet, so no personal experience, but I will tell you that you'll be fine and it'll all be worth it in the end. Try not to stress yourself out now or feel fear because that will make the experience harder for you later tonight. Just know that millions of women get induced and are totally fine and their babies are born and grow up healthy. You'll be in the hospital which is the best possible place, and you'll be surrounded by professionals that are there to keep you safe. Congratulations on your upcoming baby!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/being-induced#post-75117 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:13:37 +0000 Mrsbells 75117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no advice but Good luck! </p>