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Blessed hope all goes well at your appt and baby stays put for longer!
 
thanks brai- im thinking he will. my biggest concern is that i have had some times when i have gotten up and felt wet in my drawers. i know i hadnt peed myself and it didnt seem like cm or anything. hopefully i dont have a small tear or something. i hate to go in to l&d and feel like an idiot if it was nothing though. want to tell my OB today, but i dont know if she will make me go or if she can check at her office. i would think that if i had a tear i would start contractions or get an infection or something though and havent had any of that so dont think they are. what the heck is it though???

had my water break with my first dd at 6 months and got an infection. she was born at 38 weeks very ill. only other experience i have had with it was my last pregnancy when they broke at 38+6. they had to start contractions in hospital. both times had a big gush though so dont know what it would be like to leak out.
 
Its probably worth mentioning. I am sure she can either check, or if you have to go to L&D it would probably be pretty quick. I know if your like me thats the last place you want to go, especially with other kids to take care of. But it might make you feel better to know for sure.
I am going to go back to bed for a bit, now that my boys are at school and my DD is still sleeping. Had really bad pelvic pain last night everytime I rolled over. Later today grocery shopping, and I have to go pick up a Christmas tree someone is giving us and look at my shower invite!
 
i think im gonna look into finding a way to check at home. i will still tell her since i have to go in today anyways, but would rather check at home if possible. the other kids are my issue. if its quick i dont mind. just dont want to sit in there for hours and get told nothings wrong, seems like a waste..

melissa- its good to have an end in sight. i know if i get to 39 weeks my OB will induce if i want her to. its nice to know i have 5 weeks or less now. although i want him in there til march and would be easier to induce with 4 others to worry about, planned would be nice...
 
I totally agree, planned would be much nicer! Then I don't have to worry about trying to track down OH from work (especially if he ends up in an area that there is no cell service!). I asked the doctor yesterday how the inducing would work as I wasn't really sure. So he told me it would most likely be a vaginal suppository, they would keep me in the hospital for a few hours to see how it is progressing. If it is coming along then they will keep me there.......if not, then I have to go get a hotel and wait things out (as it is an hour and a half drive back home and they don't want me going home). So, I am praying that it progresses quickly so we don't have to bother sitting around a hotel doing nothing but waiting......I wish he would have told me a date though that he plans on doing it, instead of just 39 weeks.....
 
msarkozi said:
I totally agree, planned would be much nicer! Then I don't have to worry about trying to track down OH from work (especially if he ends up in an area that there is no cell service!). I asked the doctor yesterday how the inducing would work as I wasn't really sure. So he told me it would most likely be a vaginal suppository, they would keep me in the hospital for a few hours to see how it is progressing. If it is coming along then they will keep me there.......if not, then I have to go get a hotel and wait things out (as it is an hour and a half drive back home and they don't want me going home). So, I am praying that it progresses quickly so we don't have to bother sitting around a hotel doing nothing but waiting......I wish he would have told me a date though that he plans on doing it, instead of just 39 weeks.....
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I was induced like this ! x
 
I will be induced at 38 weeks and this hospital has a different policy to the last hispital - they insert the pessary at 04:00am and then leave us for 4 hours at which point the doctor comes to check - if nothing has happened then I can have a second pessary which will be checked again at 12:00 - if nothing happens by then then its time for a C-section as they don't waste time here and there is no time to sit around and wait. The baby must also be born by 20:00 that night giving time for a 16 hour labour if necessary and obviously they watch for signs of fetal distress too.

My other hospital was more strict - it was a 08:00am insertion of the pessary with 5 hours to show signs of progress (C-section if no signs, no second pessary given) and then 12 hours from start to baby being born (again baby had to have arrived by 20:00) Part of this is convenience for the doctor and hospital but it does fit in with the average time to dilate to 10cm and I gave birth in 12.5 hours last time (1.5 hours of pushing) so should be fine this time too. Either way if I go in a certain day for an induction then baby will for sure be born that day. I am still hoping for natural labour but baby better start getting ready then since she has to make an early arrival then :)
 
did you progress quickly Natty? or was it a long wait? I am guessing I am going to be a long wait.....just so many different things with this pregnancy, that I can see it being a long drawn out labour just to torture me! :(
 
msarkozi said:
ooooh, I want to come to your hospital instead!!! :)
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My hospital is 8am first pessary, check in 4 hours , then second pessary then check in 4 hours then third then check in 4 hours if nothing has progressed then c section.

Melissa i was v v lucky with finley i was 37 weeks with baby no 1 and told he would be here until Thursday (this was a tuesday) had the gel about 12 and she didnt check until roughly 6pm but at 3pm i was contracting in the restaurant of the hospital nothing major but i could feel it,, by 6pm i was 4cm and she broke my waters and sent me down to labour ward, fin was born by 10:33pm xx
 
I think I am going to inquire about receiving multiple pessaries, as that seems better then only receiving one and then waiting it out to see what happens. You would think that minimizing stress would be a good thing.
 
Melissa yes ask about multiple pessaries as at least then it feels like they are doing something - last time I had only one pessary and my waters broke 3 hours after insertion by themselves - I had a bit of back ache before that happened and then things moved fast from then. At 39 weeks the chance of it working is higher than earlier too so you should be fine.

Have been having quite uncomfortable BHs tonight - they haven't been so evident for more than a week now. Not much else going on though.
 
I am cramping pretty good again now....I'm going to go home from work at noon and then go get checked at the clinic after lunch
 
msarkozi said:
I totally agree, planned would be much nicer! Then I don't have to worry about trying to track down OH from work (especially if he ends up in an area that there is no cell service!). I asked the doctor yesterday how the inducing would work as I wasn't really sure. So he told me it would most likely be a vaginal suppository, they would keep me in the hospital for a few hours to see how it is progressing. If it is coming along then they will keep me there.......if not, then I have to go get a hotel and wait things out (as it is an hour and a half drive back home and they don't want me going home). So, I am praying that it progresses quickly so we don't have to bother sitting around a hotel doing nothing but waiting......I wish he would have told me a date though that he plans on doing it, instead of just 39 weeks.....
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With Edward I was given Cervidel on Friday to help "ripen" the cervix. Then I got another insert on Saturday. On Sunday they broke my water and E was born @ 4:56 on Monday morning.

It was a loooong weekend :haha:

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I am cramping pretty good again now....I'm going to go home from work at noon and then go get checked at the clinic after lunch
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Hope everything is ok.
 
ugh! I do not want a long weekend like that! I will be a complete mess!

Thanks, I am wondering if it is very painful braxton hicks?! I had the Strep B swab yesterday, but I wouldn't think that would cause all this cramping now?! Hopefully it didn't start anything.......It's starting to make me worry now, because I don't have my bags packed or the car seat installed! :wacko:
 
Wow its interesting to see how different inducing is....with my first my water broke around 9pm , went into labor and delivery around 11pm and was asked how often my contractions were...I didnt even know I was contracting. they left me in my labor suite would only come in to check bp every hour and got my IV fluids started. around 7am they started me on pitocin. I labored for a total of 24 hours, fully dilated by 9:00pm the next night and only started pushing around 930 baby was born at 9:51pm
 
My first i was given the cervidil at about 8pm and left to sleep at hospital overnight. I started contracting that night and they started pitocin that morning. I had him aaround 4 pm that day. The second and third my cervix must have been ripe already cause no cervidil. My second they started pitocin i want to say around 10am? Had him at 7pm i believe. Haha i swear the more kids you have the less you remember. My third i started contracting very painfully about 2 min after they started pitocin and she was born at 1130am
 
oh sorry the pitocin with my daughter was started at 830am, so 3 hours from start to finish. They say some women can just smell the pitocin enter the room and go into labor. I guess that is how i am. That is why i am glad for the induction this time. Otherwise i might end up giving birth at home!
 
My baby has dropped again - wonder if that was from the BHs or not - it has been quite sore but the BHs seem to have calmed down again now and baby is still low. I think this little one is going to play me now since this is the second time she has dropped so not expecting her to stay where she is - has anyone had babies drop and then disengage again and how long can they keep this up?

Wow induction stories do differ a lot - seems to be a lot of ways of doing it.
 
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