With a pitocin induction, were you able to be out of bed for labor? I still know so little about it and I'm being induced on Friday morning. Thanks, ladies!
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nope, I wasn't allowed to move after pitocin
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Yes, I could. I just had to drag the IV pole along with me. I'll be honest though - it wasn't particularly fun. I've labored both naturally and not and the biggest reason I got an epidural with my 2nd was because of that dang IV pole. It made it so difficult to get comfortable anywhere and when I labor I like to be on my hands and knees and, for some reason, having the IV in made that position really uncomfortable for me.
Best of luck with your induction!
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At my hospital you're allowed to walk with pitocin, as long as they have wireless heart monitors available at the time. I had twins and they weren't set up to monitor twins with the wireless monitor, so I was tethered to the monitor machine. Even then I could get around half my hospital room. My blood pressure was pretty high whenever I walked around (I think this can be common with pit) so I ended up in bed most of the day.
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I wasn't allowed to move because they had a monitor attached to me with straps (around my bump) to listen to baby's heartbeat.
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@twodoghouse: Oh right, I also forgot about the heart monitors! That also made moving around difficult in my case because the monitor kept slipping and so the nurse had to keep coming in to readjust it.
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Nope not at all
Because pitocin meant that I had to have constant monitoring, and because LO was apparently more of a mover than most, I couldn't even roll side to side or sit up in bed because every single time I moved she flopped and they lost her heartbeat and would have to come move the monitor to find it again. So I was basically entirely immobilized and it sucked. That was pretty much why I got the epidural because my inability to do ANYTHING or even just stand or lean forward was impossible with my back labor.
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At my hospital you could. I didn't want to though! Not after they upped the pitocin to a point where I was really uncomfortable. I was also receiving penicillin for strep b
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I was out of bed for most of mine. I couldn't wander off too far because of the machines hooked up to me....I was the most comfortable standing, bent over about 90 degrees with my head and arms on the hospital bed. It was raised up to my height. If i had to go to the bathroom, they just unhooked me from everything except the pit.
Which....fyi....one of the side effects of pit is diarrhea....super uncomfortable while you're having contractions.....
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I could move around with the pitocin. Like OP, I had to drag the IV pole with me, but I had no problem getting in to different positions in the room. My favorite was sitting in the rocking chair.
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Nope, I had to be monitored with the straps to check on baby, too. Was pretty much confined to my bed as soon as my induction started.
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Yes I could move around but had to take the pole around with me. Most of the time I just rested and try to get sleep before I couldn't after baby arrived!
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I labored on a birthing ball for a long time on Pitocin. They have to have a clear reading of the baby's heart rate when you're on Pitocin though which they couldn't get very well on the ball. They had to put an internal monitor on his head, which was painful to do, but after that I was free to move around the room. It was nice.
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I got epidural before so my lower body was jello
And I was stuck to the bed from start to finish for my induction. I started with cervadil (sp?) and was hooked up already with IVs and monitors (I had GD). I was only able to get up for bathroom.
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@CatchAFallingStar: I could move around with the pole since I had wireless monitors, but I got my epidural less than an hour after starting the pit so after that stayed in bed.
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Yep-- I was all over the place. Only had to stay put after the epidural.
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I was but I expressed to my doc that I wanted to be able to move so she made sure to write it in the orders. We did laps of the labor floor with that stupid IV pole but it was nice to hold onto when the contractions got more intense. They had me come back to the bed every so often to check the baby but then I could get up and move again. I think I labored like that for 4 hours or so before getting the epidural. Make sure to talk to your doc to make sure your hospital will let you if it is a concern!
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I had to have the monitors on but luckily our hospital has wireless monitors. Although they fall off when you're moving too much (try strapping two hockey pucks to your belly with an elastic band).
I was able to do laps and even get in the tub while on pitocin!
If you are stuck in bed though, ask if you can sit in a rocking chair next to the monitors or on a yoga ball next to the monitors. And if you're actually stuck in bed, ask for a peanut ball!
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I could have, but when I got my pitocin I was also given my epidural so I could not only for that reason!
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I was able to with pitocin, a contraction monitor, and the heartbeat monitor attached to his head. I was only confined to the bed after the epidural.
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Yes, I moved around while on pitocin, with the mobile heart monitors. I just had to drag around the IV pole. I wasn't in the bed until 7 or 8 cm.
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I was allowed to and actually got up and went to the bathroom after my epidural (they did a good job), but honestly I was so sleepy the whole time that I had no desire to go anywhere.
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I had Pit with DD1 and was able to move around during labour. It was a bit of a pain being hooked up to things but worth it in the end. We ended up with an internal monitor on her because the belly straps weren't working properly.
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No, between the monitor & IV, I was stuck in bed.
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Yes! I actually labored in bed, walking around the room a bit, and on the birthing ball. My nurse was a great help in getting me up and around.
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I couldn't- whenever I stood, DS's heart rate dropped. I had the ability to, though, physically.
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Yup, I was allowed too. I just had to let them know so they could remove the fetal heart monitor around my bump. It think getting out of bed is what helped baby dropped during labor!
Do you have one scheduled?
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Yes! Wireless monitors meant that I could even get in the tub
Because pitocin meant that I had to have constant monitoring, and because LO was apparently more of a mover than most, I couldn't even roll side to side or sit up in bed because every single time I moved she flopped and they lost her heartbeat and would have to come move the monitor to find it again. So I was basically entirely immobilized and it sucked. That was pretty much why I got the epidural because my inability to do ANYTHING or even just stand or lean forward was impossible with my back labor.
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