https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:03:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-985527 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:43:19 +0000 Mommytotwois 985527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really know if this is considered induction, but I think so.</p> <p>DD2 was due 5/12. I was anxiously waiting for her, OBGYN said she could induce me 5/9. I said no, lets wait until next week for her to come..12th came and went, I said okay let's do it on the 14th..Give her a couple days.. I REALLY wanted that baby! Planned on going in on the 14th, hospital was full, went in on 5/15 at 7AM, They broke my water around 9AM, walked walked walked, around 10:30 they gave me a little pitocin, nothing.....11:15 they upped my pitocin, started having contracts about 11:40, and gave birth at 2:30! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-889963 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:42:35 +0000 sumer08 889963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 41 weeks + 1 day due to my lack of dilation (barely a 1/2 cm since week 37). </p> <p>I was given Misoprostol to help with dilation and start the induction process. That helped me get to 1.5 cm dilated, 70% effaced. After that, I was given Pitocin. About 2.5 hours after Pitocin was administered, my OB broke my water, and I was 3-4cm dilated. I received my epidural and continued to process about 2 cm every 2 hours, which my OB was very pleased with. To cut a very LONG story short, when I reached 10cm, I started pushing for about 2 hours, and at that point, the baby was turned to the side and would not come down the birth canal. Due to his head positioning (and the risk of injury to the baby), forceps and/or the vacuum was not an option. After 2 hours of pushing, I was wheeled into the OR for a c-section. In total my entire labor from start to finish was 17 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-889761 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:05:48 +0000 twinmama 889761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a positive induction as well. </p> <p>Induced at 39-2 with twins, which is more like 42 with a singleton. Kids had typical postmaturity concerns, low fluid and calcifying placentas. It wasn't an emergency, just a 'they are full term, so they are safer out than in' point. I was 2 cm and 85% when I checked in.</p> <p>Pit started at 8:30 am, and they upped it every half hour. Didn't feel much until OB came and broke my water around 1. Then things ramped up fast. At 4:30 the contractions were on top of each other and I couldn't relax, so I got the epi, and they turned down the pit. I was only at a 4. By 6:30 I was at a 9.5 and was complete before 7. Kids were delivered vaginally 20 min later. So less than 11 hours, and no mention of a csection at all, no fetal distress, and really not many hours of discomfort even!</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-889630 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:37:10 +0000 maybebaby 889630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a very positive induction experience. Ruptured membranes but no contractions. Went in only (barely) 1 CM dilated. Got started on Pit at 1 PM and they upped it a 4. Baby was born (no pain meds) at 11:43 PM. Here is my birth story if you want more details! Thinking of you! <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-maybebabys-birth-story" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-maybebabys-birth-story</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-889606 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:32:19 +0000 Bookish 889606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Y'all are awesomely helpful! For some reason in my head induction = c-section and scary and pain but really..it doesn't. And I don't know why I think that!! I need to get my positive thinking going! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-889396 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:54:41 +0000 ShootingStar 889396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I thought it was weird too. I asked if I would need one and she was kind of meh about it and asked if I had preferences. I told her the most important thing was that we do the best thing for the baby, not wait it out. So she was like "ok, then we can do an induction." My endocrinologist seemed to think they'd start evaluating me at 37 weeks for it, but then she's not in charge of the process, so who knows how it'll work out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-889371 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:50:50 +0000 chopsuey 889371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: that's weird. Usually if you've got GD your ob will schedule an induction a week or so early. Hurmm..<br /> Since I was dilated and effaced, my ob said he could induce me if I wanted. I think after i hit 39 weeks he said he would induce me if I wanted.<br /> I was in lots of pain and wanted baby out before my mom left so we scheduled it.<br /> I just let him know I wanted to and he had his people contact labor and delivery to let them know. I got a call from the hospital the following morning with my check in time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-889102 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:49:27 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 889102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: I was induced at 41 weeks. I'd been 1cm dilated and 90% effaced for weeks, with no steady contractions. They gave me pitocin &amp; we hung out for a few hours with mild contractions. I was only 3 cm, so my midwife broke my water. Contractions got more intense, they turned the pitocin down &amp; a little bit later I was 7 cm. 20 min after that I was a 10 and ready to push. </p> <p>I ended up pushing for 4 hours &amp; a doctor did a vacuum extraction. I took a dose of fentanyl and some oxygen after I'd been pushing for a few hours, but I didn't get an epidural and I didn't feel like I was dying. Inductions sound so scary and like they are "worse", but I don't think that's always the case. Good luck with your labor and I hope she comes happy and healthy!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-889073 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:43:43 +0000 ShootingStar 889073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: How does that work? Do you just tell the doctor you want to be induced? I've got GD and they said if I want to be induced before my due date, it's up to me. But I don't really get how that decision gets made. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-889041 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:36:32 +0000 Bookish 889041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babyjmama: Yay!</p> <p>@rahlyrah: Eeep on the epidural! I'm glad the pushing went quickly! </p> <p>@blackbird: I need to look up cytotec, I've heard that in a couple other stories and have no idea what it is! Sounds like it went well :) </p> <p>@MrsF: Thank you! I'm definitely trying to be open minded and flexible going into this! </p> <p>@mrs. wagon: Thank you! Love the screaming baby pics lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-888980 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:24:46 +0000 mrs. wagon 888980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>induction for #2, went fantastic (minus epidural hiccup)! </p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2012/08/13/lil-miss-wagons-birth-story-part-1-induction/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2012/08/13/lil-miss-wagons-birth-story-part-1-induction/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2012/08/14/lil-miss-wagons-birth-story-part-2-delivery/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2012/08/14/lil-miss-wagons-birth-story-part-2-delivery/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-888936 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:18:10 +0000 MrsF 888936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: I was induced at 36w0d for complications from pre-e (HELLP syndrome). I got cytotec around 8am and then pitocin (as well as magnesium IV for the pre-e) I had an epi placed at the very beginning because my platelets were dropping so they wouldn't have been able to do it later because of bleeding risk. My water was broken by the OB at 1pm. I didn't have many cervical checks but at 4:30 I knew I had to push! I delivered M at 5:07pm. She was tiny but didn't have to go to the NICU at all. I was dissapointed that I had to be induced but it was quick, the epi kept me relatively comfortable and I both of us were healthy! </p> <p>Hopefully you go into labor on your own but you certainly can have a wonderful experience even with induction! Especially since you're already dilated and effaced (I was neither). Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-888894 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:12:28 +0000 blackbird 888894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 41W and was fully effaced and 1.5cm dilated. I got cytotec at 8pm and was leaking fluid at 1am. I went to pitocin and my water broke at 6am. Got an epidural around 7am, was 9cm dilated, started pushing around 945am. Delivered at 12:15. Pushing for 2.5 hours is uncommon, though! Start to finish, it was 16 hours, which I was told was quick!</p> <p>Everything went great and smooth! I was ready to get the show on the road :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-888878 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:10:02 +0000 Ra 888878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke on its own, but I had to have pitocin to enduce labor because I wasn't having any contractions. When I arrived at the hospital I was 2 cm and 85% effaced. They started my pitocin around 11 am. Around 3 pm I still hadn't made any progress so the on-call doctor gave orders (from home) to up my drip every 20-30 minutes. The nurses also suggested I get my epidural at that point. Unfortunately, my epidural only took on half of my body! </p> <p>They usually max pitocin out at around 10-12 (or so the nurses told me) but the doctor never gave orders to stop it. Mine ended up being around 17 when my mom finally flipped out on the nurses and told them to contact the doctor. I could feel everything on the left half of my body and my contractions were horrible, as soon as one ended the next was starting. I pretty much just laid in the fetal position and cried through them. Luckily, the bad part only lasted about an hour and half for me.</p> <p>After about 10 hours, I told the nurses I felt like I had to poo. They checked my dilation and I was fully dilated (I was still at 3 2 hours earlier!). Apparently, feeling like you need to poo means it is time to push. They called the on-call doc and she said she could be there in 25 mins. They said first time moms usually push for 1-3 hours so I could start pushing now if I felt the need to. They showed my mom and husband how to hold my legs for a practice push and then started yelling at me to stop because LO's head was coming! They scurried and found residents to deliver the baby. I only had to push for 10 minutes to get him out and the doc arrived in time to catch him and stitch me up.</p> <p>Despite the horrible hour and a half, everything went pretty smoothly for me. I have scoliosis, so that is the reason my epidural didn't take on both sides. If that would have worked properly, it really wouldn't have been that bad at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-888851 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:05:41 +0000 doodlepoodle 888851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm emailing you! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-888825 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:00:32 +0000 Bookish 888825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonLong: @chopsuey119: Thanks both of you! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-888608 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:25:56 +0000 chopsuey 888608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really consider my 2nd delivery an induction, but it is, I guess :)<br /> I had been effaced and dilated (90% and 3cm) for 3-4 weeks. My mom was in town but leaving soon, so we went in for an induction at 39 weeks 3 days because we wanted my mom here to help take care of DD while I was at the hospital. </p> <p>I went in at 11am, got hooked up, got some pitocin. 2+ hours later, no progress. My OB came in at 1:30pm, broke my water. At 2:30pm I was at 10cm. My OB took some time getting back to the hospital (he left after breaking my bag), but less than an hour later my baby was born. I pushed for 14 mins! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-888602 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:25:44 +0000 LemonLong 888602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's a link to my induction birth story, we had a great experience </p> <p><a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lydias-birth-story-102712-dhs-version-long</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-induction#post-888559 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:20:06 +0000 Bookish 888559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my appointment on Tuesday the doctor told me that if I was just a little bit further, she would have induced me that day! I'm 37w4d, and have had some pretty bad dehydration/sickness/swelling over the last couple of weeks, culminating in an ER visit for fluids last Friday. That + her concerns over the baby being too large makes her think I may be induced in the next week or two. She went ahead and stripped my membranes to see if that would get things started, but so far, nothing.</p> <p>I haven't put a lot of thought into it, because I've been feeling so crappy and am hopeful that she comes on her own in the next week, but I do want to go to my next appointment on Wednesday as informed as I can.</p> <p>So, tell me your stories! What methods were used? How far along were you? Why were you induced? I'd really love to hear everyone's experience, so I can make a more informed decision on what to do next week!</p> <p>*ETA I'm 2cm dilated and 75% effaced at this point </p>