https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:33:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced/page/2#post-1075423 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 21:11:04 +0000 HLK208 1075423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 40 weeks for high BP. It was a fast and successful (but painful contractions compared to my first, natural labor) vaginal delivery. I had the epidural once I got to 8cm's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced/page/2#post-1075100 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 18:21:33 +0000 LemonLong 1075100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Induced at 38 weeks due to IUGR. I had a vaginal delivery with practically no pictocin and an epidural. My birth experience was great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced/page/2#post-1075036 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:23:17 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1075036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: they didn't offer the induction to me here in Canada either. I only got one because my blood pressure went weird, my water broke and nothing was happening.<br /> I wonder how long they would have let my pregnancy go had I not gone in feeling funny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced/page/2#post-1075009 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:03:49 +0000 Running Elley 1075009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 38+5 because my water broke naturally and labor failed to progress. They used pitocin and everything went perfectly, I delivered my son vaginally 7.5 hours after they began the pit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced/page/2#post-1075007 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:00:17 +0000 loveisstrange 1075007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: oh, dont get me wrong. I wanted them to induce me at my due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced/page/2#post-1074996 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:49:37 +0000 teamjse 1074996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Induced at 37 weeks, water broke. I delivered vaginally 36 hours later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced/page/2#post-1074993 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:44:44 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1074993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: two OBs actually offered the c-section. I had to really talk to them about giving me the option of induction. The only reason I felt ok with it was because I was so close to my due date anyways. I would make the same choice again because I'm glad she didn't get SO massive going too far past 40. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced/page/2#post-1074977 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:31:52 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1074977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 39 weeks + 3 days along. My water was heavily laden with meconium. Pea soup. I delivered vaginally the following afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced/page/2#post-1074976 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:31:14 +0000 loveisstrange 1074976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: I delivered with a fever too. Not sure if it was from my water being broken for nearly 48 hours or from the sheer bodily strain of my horrible, horrible labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074975 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:29:31 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1074975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: during my labor the on call doctor (who refused to believe me when I went in two days earlier saying I felt like I was getting sick) kept saying I needed a cs because i had a 102 fever and the midwife sternly told him he'd cut me open over her dead body since if he had listened to me when I first came in I probably wouldn't have a fever anymore. She was awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074973 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:26:12 +0000 loveisstrange 1074973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: yep, Ill laugh at them and say "you know i vaginally delivered a 10.5 monster baby with no pain meds, right?" Psh, i dont need no induction. My biggest fear is actually that an American doctor will try and force me into a c/s. No way are they cutting me open unless one of us is dying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074970 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:22:38 +0000 bunnylove08 1074970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the epidural stopped my labor so we were given pitocin after about 7 hours of no contractions. DD was stuck after 4 hours of pushing so we had an unplanned csection. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074966 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:19:35 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1074966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: yeah... I was 1 ounce below 11 pounds (and as my mom likes to inform everyone, I was weighed AFTER having a MASSIVE bowel movement, so I was PROBABLY over 11 pounds) and my mom has the smallest hips ever and she delivered me naturally. If a doctor ever told me I needed to be induced because mybaby was big I'd laugh in their face. My son was only 7 lb 6 though, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074960 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:16:00 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1074960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went into labor naturally at 39 weeks (water broke, contractions got down to 3 minutes apart) but I had a bladder infection that was left untreated so my contractions weren't strong enough (I was only 2 cm dilated with 90 second long contractions that were less than 3 minutes apart) so I was given a low dose of pitocin. Less then 12 hours later I had my son vaginally with no complications except the cord was wrapped around his neck like 37 times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074950 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:04:22 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1074950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced on my due date for high blood pressure.</p> <p>I was 5 cm dilated upon admission, so my induction went smoothly. I was in labor for 15 hours and had a vaginal delivery. 3rd degree tearing and a hemmorage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074940 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:59:59 +0000 loveisstrange 1074940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I think its kind of funny that docs in the states induce for this. C was 10lbs8oz and was estimated between 9 and 10lbs at 36 weeks. When I went in to discuss induction plans with the docs, I WANTED them to induce me at 40 because I was scared she was so big and they refused and scheduled my induction for 42.</p> <p>I figure I delivered her and she was massive so I will refuse to consent to an induction for that reason in the states next go around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074931 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:55:08 +0000 skipra 1074931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 39 weeks for IUGR (but also turned out to be SGA). Luckily they gave me a couple days of cervical ripening before starting the Pitocin so the induction went well and resulted in an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. It was only about 7 hours from start of Pitocin to delivery but 2.5 days from start of the cervical ripening medication to delivery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074880 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:32:25 +0000 Elderberrygin 1074880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Induced at 41weeks for low fluid. It took 36 hours and every induction method they could throw at me but I managed to deliver vaginally. In the end it was clear that the induction was very necessary, and I was so grateful to have access to a wonderful L&amp;D and NICU team. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074871 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:28:57 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1074871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: @Bookish: @oliviaoblivia: I think about this all the time! I'm very thankful for the medical interventions to get my little guys here safely, especially considering that my body was not ready to let them go but that it was apparent when they were born that one of my little guys had ceased to get sufficient nutrition from the placenta. If it had been back in the day and I had to just wait for my body to kick in, I'm positive I would have only had one living child to deliver who then would have been unable to be delivered because his twin would have been blocking the exit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074863 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:25:50 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1074863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced because I was carrying mono-di twins and they wouldn't let me go past 36 weeks. One twin was breech and the other was transverse, so we knew a c-section was a possibility if the induction didn't work quickly. After 12 hours on pitocin, I was still at 0 dilation with no sign of progress, so I had a c-section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074855 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:21:31 +0000 Bookish 1074855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: @oliviaoblivia: DH and I had this conversation yesterday, that if not for modern medicine, the baby and I wouldn't have made it. I couldn't be more grateful that my birth ended with both of us healthy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074852 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:20:28 +0000 Bookish 1074852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was given pitocin after my water broke and I failed to progress (labor started but stalled). It ended in a c-section because poor goober got stuck in my pelvis. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074844 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:17:54 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1074844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: I often think the same thing. Had I given birth 100 years ago we wouldn't be here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074811 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:04:07 +0000 Cherrybee 1074811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 38+4. It took 4 days for me to dilate to 2cm. 8pm on the 4th day, they broke my water but I failed to progress. They started the syntocin drip at 10pm and I had DD vaginally at 2.14am, 39 weeks on the dot, using only gas-and-air. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074809 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:03:09 +0000 MamaBehr 1074809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 40 weeks 6 days, just because I was past my due date. I needed a lot of medical intervention (cervadil, pitocin, they broke my water etc) and it ended in a c-section. I don't consider it "unsuccessful" though, I tried HARD for that baby to come out vaginally. I pushed for over an hour and was pushing well (according to my midwife), but ultimately DD was born and was huge. It wasn't anything that I could have done differently that would have changed the outcome, except that back in the day one or both of us probably would be dead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074730 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:42:22 +0000 GrapeCrush 1074730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Induced at 40w 6d, due to no progression, and me being tired of being pregnant. Ended in a csection due to no progression(made it to 2cm on pitocin for 8+hrs and my water was broken) and fetal distress. My OB said that I would probably not have been able to deliver him(or any child) vaginally due to the shape of my pelvis. DS never made it in my pelvis </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074715 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:39:29 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1074715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Induced at 38+5 for pre-eclampsia. For the most part no complications (I did pass out twice after L&amp;D, and J couldn't maintain temperaturea nd turned blue), vaginal delivery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074704 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:36:34 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1074704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spinningry: according to Mrs. Jacks, LGA is defined as 8.8lbs. <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074681 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:30:17 +0000 spinningry 1074681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U. : What percentile is considered LGA? Once LO was born, he was determined to be SGA instead of IUGR (Interuterine Growth Restriction - below 10th percentile). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-induced#post-1074649 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:19:26 +0000 keiki_mama 1074649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>39 weeks 5 days--water broke at 6 AM, no progress made by 3:30 PM so we decided to induce. 30 hours later--no baby so the decision was made to perform a c-section. I had experienced an infection overnight. </p>