https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:53:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1960245 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:23:05 +0000 LC 1960245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 2 days. I was 36w5days and induced because of pre-e... so my body wasn't ready to be giving birth. </p> <p>Admitted around 11am Tuesday, cervadil started late afternoon and continued until following afternoon. Pitocin started Wednesday afternoon, water broke on it's own that evening, baby born at 11:55am Thursday. </p> <p>And my mother-in-law (who never calls) called every couple hours. I almost broke my husband's cell phone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1960218 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:12:31 +0000 caitlanc 1960218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right about 30 hours for me. Water broke at 6pm on Friday, Cervidil started around 8am on Saturday, 3 (4?) doses later... Active labor kicked in at 9am on Sunday and he was born four hours later at 1pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1959465 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:07:05 +0000 kes18 1959465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was also "induced" starting at 9pm or so. But that was just cervidil. And it didn't do ANYTHING.</p> <p>So they started pitocin at 7:30am and broke my water at 8am. Birth was at 8:42pm. So about 13 hours is what I consider it because cervidil was basically worthless </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1959453 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:58:20 +0000 littlebug 1959453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pit started at 11:30pm on Wednesday. Delivered at 11:46pm on Thursday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1959409 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:31:07 +0000 pui 1959409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 2mm dialated before my induction, so I didn't need cervadil. They broke my water at 9:15am and my induction (pitocin) started at around 10am on the 30th </p> <p>I gave birth to Lorelei at 12:31 am on the 31st.</p> <p>So approx 14 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1959405 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:29:04 +0000 jetsa 1959405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cervedil at midnight, Pitocin at 9am baby at 2. That was apparently really quick, they didn't expect him until 5 or 6 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1959392 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:21:49 +0000 mrsog 1959392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>19 Hours... Cervidil at 6:30 pm on Monday, OB broke my water the when I was 5 cm at 10am on Tuesday and then he was born at 1:25 Tuesday afternoon. Everything went pretty smooth. That is after I got the epi and was able to relax a bit, which was at 4:30am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1959260 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 04:09:23 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1959260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. tictactoe: wow....I was feeling bad about 30 hours of contracting and then a c-section! You poor thing! Mine technically wasn't an induction as my water was leaking which is why they had to admit me, but nothing else was going on so there was a lot of medical "augmentation" involved and then a rush CS after fetal distress. Are you planning a RCS for your second, or a VBAC? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1946207 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 21:59:40 +0000 ShootingStar 1946207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my hospital they have you come in the evening and start cervical ripening with cervidil or Foley catheter. At 7am they check you and start you on pitocin. They foley kicked me into labor at 2am and at 10pm we decided I was falling to progress and had a c-section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1946052 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:49:19 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1946052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Started pitocin at 5PM and delivered just before 4AM, so nearly 11 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1946037 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:25:20 +0000 erinpye 1946037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1: pitocin was started 12 hours before I was holding her. I pushed for 1 hour.<br /> LO2: they broke my water, and I was holding her 5 hours later. (They did add some pitocin about halfway through.) I pushed for 10 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1945928 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 11:47:33 +0000 pmerr 1945928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>20 hours!<br /> Edit: I was at nothing until about 5 hours or so before I had him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1945888 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 09:30:25 +0000 reverie 1945888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went from like zero (a "generous" 1cm at 41 weeks 3 days ugh) to baby in 18 hours. I think a lot of induction depends on where you are in your pregnancy! I had to start with misoprostol at 9pm and got pitocin around 11am when things slowed, baby at 250pm :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1945823 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:28:38 +0000 Rocker2014 1945823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>48+ hours. Started on my due date because of low fluid levels, ended with a vaginal delivery two days later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1945822 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:27:18 +0000 derevival 1945822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 12 hours...ended in c-section because I wasn't making any progress </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1945819 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:14:52 +0000 Bubbles 1945819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14 hours total, from starting at 0cm, one pessary was enough to do the job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1945812 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 02:17:13 +0000 SunnyFarmMama 1945812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Started at 2.5cm dilated. Water broken @ 9am, Pitocin @ 10am, Epidural @ 11:30am, 2pm 4cm, flipped sides, 4pm 10cm, labored down for one hour, started pushing at 5:30pm, baby born at 5:38pm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1945800 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 01:01:51 +0000 littleblessings 1945800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went into labor naturally with both my kids but with DS my contractions completely stopped and I had nothing. My water had naturally broke so they induced me so I wouldn't have to just sit there until my labor decided to start again. Pitocin started at noon. Had DS at 5:17pm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth/page/2#post-1945796 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:41:25 +0000 MRSHONEYBEAR 1945796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Induction started at 11pm (extremely painful contractions started almost immediately after), dilated to 4/5 by 7am, pitocin at 8am, fully dilated and baby in my arms at 11:15am. 12hrs total. Much, much faster than I expected. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945787 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:24:49 +0000 poundcake 1945787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>25 hours. Pitocin started at 2pm. Reached 10 cm the following morning at 10am. LO was born at 3pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945780 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:57:02 +0000 Espion 1945780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: lol! I think my first nurse would have been the one with the steak knife. That lady was no joke! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945778 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:55:09 +0000 leelee 1945778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1: 10 hrs<br /> DD2: 5 hrs</p> <p>With both I came into the hospital at 8am, has my water broken, pitocin, epi and was fully dilated within 4-5 hours. DD1 was not low enough yet though so we had to labor down for 4 hrs then, 2 hrs pushing. DD2 on the other hand was in perfect position and was out in 3 pushes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945777 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:55:00 +0000 MrsBeluga 1945777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At hour 60 they had to use forceps to pull little one out.</p> <p>I am hoping for a planned c section with baby 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945700 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:50:22 +0000 twodoghouse 1945700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>28 hours and ended up with twin a born vaginally with vaccuum and twin b c-section. I actually spent most of the time with not much happening. I started dilating after the epi, was complete in 4 hrs, then spent 4.5 hrs pushing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945692 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:41:37 +0000 Skadi 1945692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little over 36 hours. Ended in emergency c-section. I should note that I was induced because the baby's heart rate had low variability, so it was a cold start without any contractions. I had the maximum dosage of pitocin, followed by cervadil overnight, then pitocin the next day. Dilated to 4 cm maximum. They broke my water a few hours before the c/s...I can't remember when exactly, but it did nothing for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945691 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:40:07 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1945691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Went in at 5pm, Cervidil in just before 7pm, pit started the next morning and water broke by MD. Pit went until laaate that night when they found baby wasn't responding well so they shut it off. Nothing else happened so I had a c-section at 10am on day 3 (Halloween!). About 39 hours and only stopped then due to intervention. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945675 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:15:20 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1945675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>45 hours. Ended in c section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945649 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:33:27 +0000 MamaBehr 1945649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Got cervadil at 9pm on a Thursday and ended with a csection by 5 on Friday. Not too bad, all things considered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945627 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:10:34 +0000 blackbird 1945627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: hehe I picture your OB with a giant steak knife saying that. Because I want too many crime shows, apparently </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-start-of-your-induction-to-birth#post-1945625 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:09:16 +0000 coopsmama 1945625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just under 4 hours. </p>