Overdue and induction

my induction wasnt good. Had gel, then waters broken then drip which resulted in being to intense for baby and she got fetal distress (heartrate was way to high) I got an infection it was ass to be honest after being in labour for 14 hours had emergency c-sec. With my last baby she was finally born 13 days overdue. They wouldnt induce me again because of c-sec scar so we played the waiting game with daily monitoring, had lots of strech and sweeps the week I finally went into labour.

Sending you labour vibes that it happens on its own for ya.

i loved my induction. bubs was not interested in coming out so at 9 days OD they used the gel at 9am didnt do a hell of a lot, still managable till about midnight bubs had flipped posterior a few days before so i got an epidural. the gave me a drip of cytocin at 6am next morning i was only 2cm. he was born just after 10 with 2 pushes, no tearing/stitches etc... i lost a lot of blood after but they gave me more cytocin to contract the uterus, i walked out of hospital the day i gave birth and went out to see friends the next day cos i felt fine :)

i was all about going naturel too, i tried everything rasberry leaf tea, curry, swiss ball, osteopath, accupuncture (from 37 weeks) but in the end i was more desperate to have him come out instead of him getting to big a risk a c-section which i point blank refused unless it was absolute life and death.

I was another one that loved my inductions!! I was induced at 9 days over with DS, it was hard work, waters broken and then drip started 6 hours later. I pushed for 2hrs but managed to get him out all fine. When it came time to have DD I wanted an induction!! I liked the way that you had a schedule of the way things worked, natural labour seemed very disorganised to me... My induction with DD was great - 4 hours of active labour and 4 minutes of pushing - no drugs other than induction drugs and no stitiches or anything.

I know I got off lightly, but think you just need to realise that induction is not that scary - make sure you go over and over what happens with your MW - you can still call the shots to a degree, make sure they let you walk around a little (mine happily took off monitors for 10 minutes every hour).

The other thing I did was pushed for a scan at 10 days over - they found low waters and so I was induced next day, but otherwise I would have waited a few more days. It was reassuring to know that we were doing the right thing.

Good Luck, and I hope everything goes the way you want it!!