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@bhbee: I was induced weigh my first pregnancy my OB was in and out of the hospital but made all the necessary calls. My induction with cervidil and pitocin failed though

I honestly have no clue who was making what decisions for my induction. Can you have your OB come up with an induction order (is that even a thing?) If it were me, I would wait until 40 weeks because you will likely go into labor on your own anyway and it should be A LOT smoother of an experience when your body is closer to ready. ( I had a 32 hour induction, so I am a bit biased.)

No, but my OB is out of a large hospital with many practitioners who rotate each week for deliveries, so I knew it was a slim chance that my actual OB would be there when delivery time came. The decision to induce me was made that morning (low fluid on an ultrasound) by a nurse practitioner so they had me come in right away. The OB in rotation that day was wonderful and made the decisions on pitocin levels, etc with a team of people. I was fine with another OB overseeing everything, and she was wonderful... although I only saw her 2-4 times before crowning! My nurse made all the difference, she was awesome and the main point of contact for the OB about what was going on. Hope that gives some peace of mind if yours is on vaca on your big day!

My OB did oversee my induction, and it was a much smoother experience than my first delivery where the on-call OB delivered. My OB came in the morning to examine me, and had them start pitocin. She came again around lunchtime to break my water. She was always planning to come then, I was at 5 cm. She came again in the evening to deliver the baby. I assume she was making the calls about pitocin. They did decrease pitocin at one point because they were having trouble tracking the heartbeat, because the baby kept moving.

With my first I needed pitocin after labor stalled, and I also had an episiotomy. I had a planned epidural both times. My first labor was 12 hours from water breaking, and my second was 8 hours from starting pitocin.

Yes! Purposely induced with my 2nd at 39w so that my specific OB could deliver. They said since I had previously already had one vaginal delivery, inducing at 39w was no problem. It was a great experience, 9 hrs from start to finish. Good luck!

I was induced with my 2nd at 39 weeks because I had a high chance of having a precipitous delivery. My OB "oversaw" it I guess but she wasn't actually in the hospital - she basically left orders for the nurses to start Cervidil and keep her posted, she would come to check me when she came in the morning (they started Cervidil about 9:30pm) and possibly start pitocin/break my water.

My water broke and the baby was born an hour later about 4 minutes after I got my epidural (so that worked well - LOLLLL) and the nurses delivered him. I was having nonstop contractions while I got my epidural and I was pushing (it was like out of control - couldn't stop it) and told the nurses, they flipped me over and checked me and said she's complete, call the doctor! And then the baby came flying out.

Nope. She ordered the induction and was there for the delivery. One thing I would have done differently would be to have her include in the orders that the pit should be turned down once labor begins progressing. When she came in it had been amped up for hours and she had them turn it off right away.

I was induced for "neonate continuance of care". My OB just did my cervix checks until it was time to deliver, but she also was handling a complicated emergency c-section at the same time (no wonder she retired three weeks later!). I'm thinking the nurses were probably filling her in every once in a while though.

Why not push your induction to the following week?

I was induced with my first at 41 weeks. Had no idea who the doctor was. The midwife on call did everything. She was great and although I did end up with a csec for failure to progress (stalled at 9cm) the midwife was great and stuck through with me even after her shift ended. She even came into surgery to calm my nerves.

Unmediated super fast vbac for second with whoever was on call.

With my 3rd, my practice didn’t believe in inducing for a vbac and other doctors I saw throughout pregnancy kept asking me why my csec wasn’t scheduled for 41 weeks. My primary doctor told me we would do a secret low dose induction and she was confident bc I had delivered naturally before that I prob could do so again. she had me come in when she was on call at 40 + 6. She helped get the induction started, broke my water (I was already 5cm when I arrived) and then never saw her again. Although I was grateful she helped me do an induction when it wasn’t really their official policy, I was kinda miffed she left me without even saying bye or good luck or anything. Didn’t even know she left until a different midwife walked in.

My water broke without any other signs of labor and my OB wasn't there. But I'm not sure if they called him to start to Pitocin or not since they advised me of the 24 hours till birth or C-Section rule. I always assumed it was just standard but they could of called him first.