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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

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.

ETA - R was 8 lbs 4 oz at 41+1.

I had GD and was induced at 39 weeks. Smooth labor and vaginal delivery. Baby was 7 lbs 15 oz.

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.

@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.

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.

Oh, I guess I should add, I delivered both babies vaginally.

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.

***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.

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.

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.

I honestly would rather go straight to a c-section than labor in bed with pitocin contractions again.

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.

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.

@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.