does being induced hurt more than natural labour?

[mummyflanagan]

i was just wondering does it hurt more?

i went into labour naturally with my first but doubt i will with this one. got MW coming round 2ma to talk about induction and give me a sweep.

im nervous about being induced as ive heard it hurts sooo much

any ladies that can help me xxx

 

[madcatwoman]

For most,not everyone, then the answer is yes (for contractions that is).
The contractions come on quicker, more full on (less build up), I had this and im afraid i cant lie, it was agony. I spoke to friends afterwards with a few kids who had had natrual and induced labours, they also agreed the induced labours were more painful.

There a few on here who can give you positive stories however, i guess it depends on the person!.

personally its not an option i would take if i had the option that is!

 

[mummyflanagan]

i had really bad hip and back labour and to think of going thru worse pain than that is driving me mad but think things will start naturally now geting pains x

 

[Guppy051708]

I agree with madcatwoman, completly. most women will say it does hurt more (because contractions, dont build up-so you can't get used to them, they are stronger, longer, and more close together). But as she said, im sure some ppls experiences was different, but that will be the majority of your replies...i think...not to mention inductions can take days....and usually you arn't allowed to eat anything besides ice chips, so then you're hungry and your energy is depleted, and your contractions are worse and your hooked up to a bed and cant hardly move....so i guess it depends, some ladies get lucky, but id imagine its usually worse x

 

[moomin_troll]

i was induced with my first n went naturaly with my second. i was told being induced hurt more but i dont think there was much difference.

it felt worse being induced because i was in labour longer n i wasnt able to move around

EDIT: i was induced by my waters being broken, i didnt need a drip as contractions started themselves after 15 mins

 

[Snuffy]

For most,not everyone, then the answer is yes (for contractions that is).
The contractions come on quicker, more full on (less build up), I had this and im afraid i cant lie, it was agony.

This is exactly how it was for me. My waters went and literally within minutes I was having full on contractions every couple of minutes. They had to wheel me to delivery where I asked for, and was given, an epidural straight away.

 

[chele]

Wth induction your body can't build up natural endorphins and hormones to get you through the pain barriers like a natural birth does. The drip does it all for you. It's a false labour in a way and your body just cant take it.

I was in crippling agony as the drip was too much for me to take and the contractions were agony and not actually dilating me.

Go for natural if you can!

 

[Eternal]

If you have an induction with drip (patocin i think its called, something like that) then i beleive it does become very intense very quickly and as a result more painful. If you have a choice go for natural.

I keep praying these babies make an appreance by themselves as i wont to avoid being induced and avoid a section.

 

[tristansmum]

i was induced. never gone natural so can't compare but basically i had the pessary and was getting contractions every 5 minutes. they were totally bearable and i was laughing and joking. they broke my waters and bam! i was just hit was long painful contractions and it was very hard for me to cope without the gas & air. I never needed the drip. i can't say if its different but the waters breaking just brought them straight on.

 

[Guppy051708]

yeah, i think it depends on how your induced. some women only need the cath or the gel...i havn't read much about those contractions being too bad...if you dont need the drip then it will obviously be less painful than if you had to go on the drip...with that said, i know a lot of women who the gel did nothing and so they got contractions that wern't doing a dang thing, then ended up on the drip but ya never know! personally, i say if theres no medical reason, dont induce and save yourself any "what ifs" for induction. but thats just me! no judgement on anyone else and their choices

oh and i forgot to say, usually with an induction they will break your water at some point, in general...once your water goes, contractions are more painful because you have less "cushioning" ifykwim.

 

[mum22ttc#3]

I was induced with DD1 (only with the pessary so cant comment on the drip), had natural but back to back labour with DD2 and natural 'normal' way around labour with DD3 and personally I wouldnt say that it made a difference in any of the ways, they all felt the same to me. It also didnt affect the timing of the labours either.

 

[Snuffy]

I never had the drip, just the pessary. My waters went on their own and it was unbearable instantly.

Happily I have been told they won't induce me again due to having an emcs last time, just as well because I was going to refuse anyway lol.

 

[madcatwoman]

For most,not everyone, then the answer is yes (for contractions that is).
The contractions come on quicker, more full on (less build up), I had this and im afraid i cant lie, it was agony.

This is exactly how it was for me. My waters went and literally within minutes I was having full on contractions every couple of minutes. They had to wheel me to delivery where I asked for, and was given, an epidural straight away.

this happened to me too!!!!.one min i was fine,next my waters went and to be honest i felt like the contractions were going to kill me! i too had to recieve an epi asap.

 

[Snuffy]

For most,not everyone, then the answer is yes (for contractions that is).
The contractions come on quicker, more full on (less build up), I had this and im afraid i cant lie, it was agony.

This is exactly how it was for me. My waters went and literally within minutes I was having full on contractions every couple of minutes. They had to wheel me to delivery where I asked for, and was given, an epidural straight away.

this happened to me too!!!!.one min i was fine,next my waters went and to be honest i felt like the contractions were going to kill me! i too had to recieve an epi asap.

I remember I was trying to inch my way to the buzzer to call a MW and although it was probably just a few minutes, it felt like an eternity because I had to keep stopping and having a whimper with the contractions. Yeowch

 

[Guppy051708]

i wasn't induced (as i said) but my water did break before i went into labor...and the baby was born sunnyside up. Ouch! i hear contractions arn't as bad if the waters havn't gone...hopefully thats the case this time...oh and baby isn't posterior haha, that sucks! laboring without your waters is a BIG PITA!

 

[madcatwoman]

For most,not everyone, then the answer is yes (for contractions that is).
The contractions come on quicker, more full on (less build up), I had this and im afraid i cant lie, it was agony.

This is exactly how it was for me. My waters went and literally within minutes I was having full on contractions every couple of minutes. They had to wheel me to delivery where I asked for, and was given, an epidural straight away.

this happened to me too!!!!.one min i was fine,next my waters went and to be honest i felt like the contractions were going to kill me! i too had to recieve an epi asap.

I remember I was trying to inch my way to the buzzer to call a MW and although it was probably just a few minutes, it felt like an eternity because I had to keep stopping and having a whimper with the contractions. Yeowch

there was no-one to see to me for 20mins,i was left clinging to the bed in tears,i couldnt draw a breath to shout,i nearly called a girl in the bed next to me to help but by that time my husband arrived and the a wheelchair.
our experiences must have been as bad as they were due to our waters going 1st i guess?

 

[Guppy051708]

For most,not everyone, then the answer is yes (for contractions that is).
The contractions come on quicker, more full on (less build up), I had this and im afraid i cant lie, it was agony.

This is exactly how it was for me. My waters went and literally within minutes I was having full on contractions every couple of minutes. They had to wheel me to delivery where I asked for, and was given, an epidural straight away.

this happened to me too!!!!.one min i was fine,next my waters went and to be honest i felt like the contractions were going to kill me! i too had to recieve an epi asap.

I remember I was trying to inch my way to the buzzer to call a MW and although it was probably just a few minutes, it felt like an eternity because I had to keep stopping and having a whimper with the contractions. Yeowch

there was no-one to see to me for 20mins,i was left clinging to the bed in tears,i couldnt draw a breath to shout,i nearly called a girl in the bed next to me to help but by that time my husband arrived and the a wheelchair.
our experiences must have been as bad as they were due to our waters going 1st i guess?

It could be bc of that...its tough to say, however, i see you had a face presentation as well....with that comes LOADS of back labor. They MWs and OBs told me "if you can birth a posterior baby unmedicated, than you an anterior baby will be a breeze!" lol apparently its hardcore! So it could have been from that too. Guess you wont know until you are in labor again

EDIT*** just realized face presentation isnt the same as posterior ...i imagine they are similar in intensity though

 

[Louise N]

I've only ever been induced so can't comapare with a labour that comes on naturally but in my case it was very fast and furious. I had the prostin gel, then they broke my waters at 4cm and hooked me up to the drip and my LO was born only 2 1/2 hours after that - with an hour of pushing so I went from 4 - 10cm very faaaast! I put that down to the hormone drip.

 

[LorelaiLana]

Just back from 24 hr induction with 4 pessaries n dlivery. After the 2nd...had killer back ache..took pethidine to fall asleep for good 8 hrs...then again had to take pethidine for back ache for next night sleep...next day morning the backache built up n only at the last moment did the pain transfer to front on tummy...nothing in the top of tummy though...but I knew it wad labour because it was painful to a whole new level and frequent and ryhtmic and started timing and screamed for midwife to take notice that this is active labour...she kept telling me it was not...but when I screamed house down with contraction start stop and announcement timings n interval she came checked and said I was 5 -6 cm dialted and took me to labour ....tried to talk me into leaving the gas n air I wad using to manage "backache"
In this ward, but I qudnt hear of it n took it with me until that labor ward n epidural was in...

Moral ...u know what is what even if u r a newbie just like I was....and I don't know if the backache from 2nd pessary was dilation pain or what...but I did not dilate even 1 cm until the 4th was in had bishop score of 4...but 6 hrs after that last one nothing...n then it all built to a crscendo quite quickly...

 

[Guppy051708]

snowball effect Sorry hun