Your guide to a more positive and informed induction experience
In this episode I’m joined by Liv, who shares a positive induction story from Yorkshire, England. So get as comfy you can and enjoy. Resources: To read or listen to more positive induction stories, visit our Birth Story Library My hypnobirthing course created specially for induction is available to start instantly for £29 / $37. Transcript In this episode, I’m joined by Liv who...
Hi! .. just here to share my positive induction experience. My pregnancy was great, I think I threw up once the whole pregnancy I was able to eat whatever I wanted. Roll to the 3rd trimester and my legs ankles and feet became VERY itchy. I was told I have OC which is Obstetric cholestasis and I would be induced at no later than 38 weeks. I was always measuring small they did say...
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...
One of the common stresses when deciding on induction is the change in environment from where you would originally give birth. When you plan to give birth in a midwife led unit, you usually sign up for a less clinical environment; a more relaxing decor, dim lights, birth stools, maybe even a birth pool. It can be hard when you’ve visualised you birth in this environment to consider the labour ward. The image below...
Although there is generally a move towards finding ways to have birth partners stay during all of the induction process, the reality is that in some areas women spend some of the time during induction on their own at night. This is usually the case early on in the process, generally by the time you’re in established labour you would be together. Why is it beneficial to be together? I want to talk about...
My first birth was long and traumatic with lots of unplanned intervention and ended with an epidural and forceps delivery due to shoulder dystocia (where the baby’s head is born but the shoulder gets stuck) and my baby was very big (9lb 8oz). I was under consultant care second time around as baby was also presenting as big on growth scans and risk of shoulder dystocia is higher with bigger babies. I was advised...
Not long after I created the Positive Induction Facebook Group someone asked me what makes an induction positive? It’s a really important question to address here in the first blog post. Positive Induction is something that will vary from person to person, the same way positive birth will, some describe their birth as positive when they have a home birth with an independent midwife and perhaps even their dog as birth partner, whilst others...
