https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:23:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1730475 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:39:51 +0000 ShootingStar 1730475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: they wouldn't let me use the wireless ones, not exactly sure why. Idk if it was because they couldn't get a good dead on him or what. I was really disappointed that. Couldn't use the birthing tub. In retrospect I should have pushed back on some of the stuff or asked to talks to my midwife. The nurse was insistent on a lot of things and I just went with it even though I wasn't happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1730470 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:34:48 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1730470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: I believe you may be right that you have to be monitored with pitocin. Our hospital had wireless monitors though so you were still pretty mobile (and I think they work in the tub). Even hooked to the wires I was able to sit next to the machine on a birthing ball. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729942 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:08:44 +0000 Mamasig 1729942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a c section with my 1st because of his size. He was over 10 pounds at birth. I wasn't diagnosed GD but may have developed it later after I took the test.</p> <p>I was diagnosed GD with my 2nd and was planning a repeat c section at 39 weeks. He came at 37+5 (repeat c due to low fluid) and weighed 7 lbs 2 oz. I followed the GD diet but wasn't super strict with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729881 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:28:05 +0000 lilyann 1729881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had GD and was induced with my first son at 39w 6d, induction failed and had a csection. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729880 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:27:02 +0000 ShootingStar 1729880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had GD and was induced at 39 weeks, and ended up with a c-section. I had a TON of amniotic fluid, which apparently can be a side effect of GD. The fluid kept DS from descending as much as he needed to in order to dilate me. I kept going into labor and stalling.</p> <p>I know a lot of people have easy inductions and if they're real gung ho about going natural they can make it. But an induction is not like what they tell you to expect in birth class. IDK if this is just my hospital, but if you're on pitocin, the baby has to be monitored continuously. They had a lot of problems getting a continuous read on DS and I had to lay absolutely still in bed in order to not have to go right to an internal monitor. So no laboring in the tub, no walking around, no bouncing on the ball. I had no ways to cope with the pain other than just lie there. I could have gone longer without the epi if natural birth was important to me, but I felt that without any coping mechanisms there was just no point in delaying it once the nurse suggested it. </p> <p>I honestly would rather go straight to a c-section than labor in bed with pitocin contractions again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729717 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:53:01 +0000 heffalump 1729717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke at 36 weeks so no induction needed. She was 7 lb 11 oz, so if she was full term she would have been big. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729670 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:28:52 +0000 MRSHONEYBEAR 1729670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 39+4 with GD and creeping up high blood pressure. Doctor wouldn't let me go past 40wks with GD. She was 6lb 14oz.</p> <p>***born vaginaly with epi. Received epi around 5cm and at that point contractions were unbearable. At that point I had only received cyotec which induced very strong contractions. Pitocin was administered shortly after I received the epi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729566 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:25:47 +0000 tinyperson 1729566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a section because she was breech, but I think I would have been induced... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729563 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:23:38 +0000 HLK208 1729563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@knittylady: with pitocin, they were manageable until I was around 5 cm's but the drip was turned up to the max too. Then the contractions were on top of each other and really hard to breathe through. </p> <p>Natural contractions were a lot more bearable, still painful but they reached a peak and then I was able to have a break in between. Pitocin didn't allow for that break to happen. </p> <p>Oh, I guess I should add, I delivered both babies vaginally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729541 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:00:39 +0000 avivoca 1729541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had GD and delivered vaginally without interventions at 40+3. LO was 7 lbs 10.5 oz at birth. My practice would have allowed me to go until 42 weeks before induction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729513 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:23:18 +0000 knittylady 1729513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: how bad were induction contractions compared to non induction ones? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729300 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:36:38 +0000 autumnlove 1729300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>GD for my second and I had a repeat c-section! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729295 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:34:34 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1729295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had GD and a C-section, but my C-section was not a result of or caused by my GD. I also had a very small baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729290 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:30:42 +0000 HLK208 1729290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No intervention with my first and he was 8 lbs 7 oz. I was induced with my second because of high blood pressure, almost made it without epi but caved and got one at 8-9 cm's, she was 8 lbs 13 oz.</p> <p>My doctor will let me go to 41 weeks without inducing me for GD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729147 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 08:09:19 +0000 NavyRN2012 1729147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had GD and was induced at 39 weeks. Smooth labor and vaginal delivery. Baby was 7 lbs 15 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729141 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 08:03:58 +0000 lilteacherbee 1729141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had GD and a c-section after considering the risks of a failed induction in my case. He was 8lb 13oz at 39 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729112 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:43:48 +0000 swedishfish 1729112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 41 weeks. LO arrived at 41+1 vaginally. It would've been a totally smooth vaginal delivery but there was meconium in the amniotic fluid and she wouldn't turn. So I delivered a sunny side up baby with an entire NICU team in the room.</p> <p>ETA - R was 8 lbs 4 oz at 41+1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729109 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:42:20 +0000 Dandelion 1729109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is a weird story. #1 and #2 were both missed cases of GD. #1 was 8 weeks early and 6.5 lbs. #2 I went into labor at 39 weeks but she died during labor. She was 10 lbs.</p> <p>#3 was diagnosed and monitor and I had a scheduled c section at 39 weeks. He was 7 lbs 4 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729088 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:30:58 +0000 MsMini 1729088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had GD and PIH and was induced at 38 3/7 due to complications from PIH, I ended up with an emergency c-section after basically 2 hours of labour for fetal distress </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gd-and-induction-etc#post-1729083 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:25:44 +0000 knittylady 1729083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you had GD did you end up getting induced? C section? Large baby? I any hat an epidural due to hardware in my back from my spinal fusion to correct scoliosis in 2000 so I worry an induction will equal c section for me...</p> <p>(Let me know if I should add any other options in the poll!) </p>