Overdue and induction

I am now 4 days overdue.. just got home from seeing the hospital midwife this morning and they have booked me in for an induction next tuesday night..

I really dont want to have an induction.. i dont like the idea of drugs to make you deliver and I have all these emotions and overwhelming feelings of faliure.

I really feel the pressure to get this baby out naturally now more than ever....

I have tried it all....hot hot chilli.....sex.... rasberry leaf tea....fresh pineapple by the kilo... bouncing on a swiss ball.... and nothing yet...

Im aware of the process of an induction and understand it can make labour a lot longer and harder as well...

Can anyone share their experiences of an induction, how it was physically and emotionally for you... how long etc...

thanks in advance !

I was induced, I was only 4 days over but had reduced fluid around baby.

Personally, I loved it. I went in at 7am, had the gel at 8am, by 9.15am I started feeling contractions, started the syntocin drip at 2.30pm and DD was born at 5.35pm although I think she was ready about an hour before that as her heart rate started dipping and until I turned over, I didn't feel the urge to push (but did once I had turned). I pushed for 25 mins. I even had an epidural which I understand can slow things down, but not for me.

I know there are other threads about this on here and lots of experiences are actually really positive.

I am facing induction again with this one because of his possible size but thats cool with me....

BlaBla_152 wrote: there's also a good chance you may still go into labour before the date of induction it happens all the time, the hospital just like to be safe and make sure everyones aware that you will be in for an induction on that day if you haven't had bubs before. A friend of mine whos now pregnant with her 3rd had both of her girls the day before she was meant to be induced.

Very true, I went into labour on the day I arranged to be induced in 4 days time :) Must have been the long car trip!

if you dont want to be induced then dont. if you arent sure of your dates then the baby may just not be ready anyway... you can instead of being induced just get your fluid checked and the placenta and if it is all healthy then wait...(but you will have to put up with the hospital staff pressuring you). i have been induced three times with three diff outcomes - a ventouse, a very cool labouring in the water out in five pushes birth, and an emergency c section. a lot depends on how ready the baby is to come, how well you cope with the drugs and what drugs/methods end up being used. but it doesnt have to be a horrible experience... (but once you get the synto then it is a lot harder to go natural and labour standing or in diff positions as they want to monitor more closely.

Hi

I was induced at 38 weeks and really enjoyed it! I went in at 7.30am had gel, nothing happened, more gel at 2.30pm, by 6.00 pm nothing was happening so I sent DH home, 8.00pm I started to get cramps, 10.00pm I started to get contractions, 10.45 my waters broke naturally and then she was born at 1.31am! The insertion of the gel did hurt, but I went through Labour on just gas which I found worked really well. My mw was adament that she didn't want them to break my waters straight away -not sure why but I wonder if this helped as I had heard induced labours can be nastier than a normal labour

*****labour dust*****

I was induced too and I loved it :) TBH it was a bit more 'medical' than I had planned but by then I really didn't care, I just zoned out.
I had the gel at 8pm, had cramps all night, then gel again at 8am, more cramps. Got my waters broken at noon, dialated like a champ, then little (well, big 9lb 4oz) Jody made her grand entrance at 5:30pm.

So totally overwhelming right now I know. I spent a lot of the last 2 weeks in tears because I couldn't get my baby to engage. That is no one's fault. Your baby is just so warm and cozy in your tum

Hugs to you. Don't feel pressured into anything you don't want.

I was induced at 41+3 and it was excellent. My daughter had stopped growing so they wanted her out. They broke my waters, I had a walk, then they put the drip in. Immediately contractions started and came hard and fast...as in 60 secs apart or less. 2 hours and 36 minutes later it was time to push and 11 mins after that Gabrielle was born. It was very painful of course but I managed it with no pain relief and would almost be happy to repeat it if i knew a second induction would lead to a similar birth.

I found out I was going to be induced due to gestational diabetes, it was so not what I had expected and at first I felt a lot of dissapointment that I would not get to go through the whole excitement of "going into labour" but by the time it came for me to be induced (38.5 weeks) I had come to terms with the fact that this was going to be the way "we" did it.

I was given a bishops score of 1 I think and then I had the gel at 10pm and then again sometime later and had cramps on & off over night but no real progression. 9am the next morning they said I was 1cm dialated and that they were going to break my waters, this was done a 9.30am and they said I could expect my baby to arrive in approx 12 hours, 15 minutes later I was having contraction on top of contraction and was holding my baby girl less than 4 hours later! All in all it was a great experience and one I know I will have to go through again as my chances of getting GD again are very high, and this does not bother me at all now.

All the best and sending lots of *""**""labour dust & vibes""*""* your way

**hugs** being over due sucks.

I was almost 2 weeks over due to the day by the time my son made his arrival!
I went and saw the OB and he chatted to me about the risks etc of going over due, when i saw him I was about a week over I think, and in the end we decided we would induce me once the 2 weeks was up, as they dont realllyyy like you going over 42 weeks due to lack of fluid and placenta starting to not work so well yadda yadda, but he also said to me that some women can go over 2 weeks and if the baby is fine the fluid is fine and placenta is fine, then its safe to let baby come on its own.
So like Bizzy said, if you dont want to be induced then dont let them pressure you, if you want to give baby another week and a bit to arrive then go for it, providing all is good in there etc.

My boy decided he would come on his own in the end, i was due 10th June 08 and induction was booked for 24th June, but my waters broke 21st June a few days after the induction was booked.