Your guide to a more positive and informed induction experience
After being induced with my first baby (which was a positive experience but admittedly I don’t remember a whole lot of it due to taking morphine!) I was hoping to go into labour on my own with my second. Alas, 42 weeks came and I knew at that point that I was going to need to be induced again. I searched the ‘Positive Induction Birth’ group and filtered stories from mums who were 42...
My doctor wanted to induce at 37 weeks due to gestational hypertension. I asked if we could do 37 + 1 because the 37 week mark was my son’s second birthday. As fate would have it, my blood pressure spiked the morning of my son’s birthday and we had to go to the hospital that day anyways. It was a busy day there so I spent about nine hours in triage before they decided...
We made the decision to induce at 38+2 after a continued drop in percentiles and some issues with my bp (Blood Pressure). I was under private care although was also seeing a private midwife separately because I was really chasing that midwife focused care. After lots of discussions back and forth, lots of questions, I felt confident that being induced was the right choice for us at that time. My OB never made me...
I was told at 37+2 that I was to be induced at 37+6 as baby had a high heart rate, was looking as though he weighed 8lbs 4oz and had a large head. I was petrified! I had never heard of ‘induction’ before so didn’t know what to expect. The consultant told me it could take 4/5 days to work but it normally happens sooner. My induction was then brought forward and I was...
What is induction? It’s talked about a lot, but we don’t often hear what it actually involves. I remember people telling me… “The don’t let you go past 41 weeks“, “You’ll have to be induced” and so on, neither or which are true, but that’s a story for another day! I heard a lot of comments about induction but I didn’t really know what it involved, or what it really meant. Even when I...
My dd was 30th June 2021 with a planned home birth. At 4pm on 29th June 2021 I was sitting on the floor with my toddler and I felt the baby’s head push down inside me and break my waters. I ran to the loo and as I sat down an egg white substance fell onto the floor. I didn’t know what it was but I now know it was my plug. I called...
I was booked in for an induction due to my baby slowing in growth and recurrent reduced movements. I went in for my induction at 1pm on 5/6/2021. I went with the cook balloon method for my induction. After monitoring and preparation the balloon was fitted at around 3pm. Soon after I began to get cramping as if it was doing something so had to lay down. I had 10ml taken out of the...
I had originally planned to wait for labor to begin naturally, but after some concerns that my doctor shared following an ultrasound at 37 weeks, we decided to opt for induction at 39 weeks. It took me a few days to come to terms with this change and accept that labor was going to look different than I had anticipated. We were put on standby but hoped to be called in on Wednesday evening...
I was 37 weeks pregnant when I was told I should be induced at term because my baby was measuring big. I really didn’t want to be induced, I was so set on having as natural of an experience as possible with little to no intervention. I had at first declined for induction but after another growth scan and again my baby measuring 98th percentile I felt I should listen to my health professionals...
I’m a bit late on the mark but it’s my due date tomorrow so I may aswell share how being induced went for us!! (Apologies for the essay ) I got induced at 37 weeks (April 8th) due to static growth, my cervix was right back & I wasn’t dilated at all. I had the first round of gel at 11pm, which began slight tightenings so they couldn’t do the second gel, at 5am...
I had the most amazing induction ever when it got under way.Birth storyTrigger Talk of previous birth trauma.birth injury (not as bad as you think only to me dont worry !)Induced due to GD.On insulin no sliding scale needed!!! The birth itself was induction, it was perfect better than my spontaneous.I got taken to delivery suite. And met by a beautiful midwife named Meg. She had only been working there for 3 weeks.I gave...
During my 3rd pregnancy our baby girls weight dropped below the 10th percentile meaning I needed to be induced. The induction was take place at 37+6 weeks via the Foley Balloon Catheter. So I went in at 9am on the 9th of February for the Balloon putting in place in my cervix. The idea is for the balloon to mimic the babies head resulting in dilation of the cervix, the aim is to make...
