Sorry it is late, but wanted to share my experience of induction for any mums who may be due to have one in the near future.
I was induced into labour on the 3rd Nov, had beautiful baby boy on the morning of the 4th Nov
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The induction started with a tampon type thing inserted into lady bits, this releases hormones to start labour and stays in for 24 hours, (you do have to stay laying on bed for an hour after it is put in). Not a very comfortable thing to be honest, and what I will say is at this point there is no point delaying the inevitable and try and get your labour going as much as you can to avoid prolonging the induction (it can go on maximum of 3 days, and if it fails it results in c-section). What I done was stay mobile and walk about the ward as much as I could and I truely believe this helped progress the labour.
4 hours into the induction I started contracting, only bad thing was it was a back to back labour and was quite painful... so ladies if you get a lot of pain in your back don't keep it to yourself and tell the midwives about it so you can get the pain relief you need. This was my first time of having a baby so had no idea and thought it was a normal labour.
The contractions continued well into the evening but was still back to back, did try things to get baby to turn around the other way (back to back is baby's back pushing agains't your spine). The things I tried to get baby to turn was to have bath and bounce on birthing ball, and when I went to bed that night to sleep on my left side. During the night though the contractions stopped and when I got up for a wee in the morning the tampon thing came out and I believed this to be a failed induction.
I was wrong, an hour later I started getting stomach ache, and then my back started hurting again. Went on the CTG monitor, and eventually ended up pulling off the straps myself as the pain of laying on my back was getting unbearable. I had a sweep and was 3cm, not enough to go to delivery. I decided to have a bath again, and then after to go on the birthing ball. The labour came on very strong and very fast. I think I woke the whole ward up from screaming in the bath from pain, to the point I was crying for a epidural. The only painkiller I had was codeine. Had to get out of bath, went back to ward and was given another sweep, within 20 minutes I had gone from 3cm to 6cm, so got rushed down to delivery.
When we got to delivery I was 10cm, too late for any pain relief, the only thing I could have was gas and air. Birth was very fast and now I'm a mummy to a very handsome little boy
So the induction was a success, and my advice is to try and progress the labour yourself by staying mobile as much as you can, and if you get pain in your back don't stay silent about it so that you can get the pain relief you need as back to back is very painful.
Sorry for the essay, I hope this gives you some insight
I was induced into labour on the 3rd Nov, had beautiful baby boy on the morning of the 4th Nov
.The induction started with a tampon type thing inserted into lady bits, this releases hormones to start labour and stays in for 24 hours, (you do have to stay laying on bed for an hour after it is put in). Not a very comfortable thing to be honest, and what I will say is at this point there is no point delaying the inevitable and try and get your labour going as much as you can to avoid prolonging the induction (it can go on maximum of 3 days, and if it fails it results in c-section). What I done was stay mobile and walk about the ward as much as I could and I truely believe this helped progress the labour.
4 hours into the induction I started contracting, only bad thing was it was a back to back labour and was quite painful... so ladies if you get a lot of pain in your back don't keep it to yourself and tell the midwives about it so you can get the pain relief you need. This was my first time of having a baby so had no idea and thought it was a normal labour.
The contractions continued well into the evening but was still back to back, did try things to get baby to turn around the other way (back to back is baby's back pushing agains't your spine). The things I tried to get baby to turn was to have bath and bounce on birthing ball, and when I went to bed that night to sleep on my left side. During the night though the contractions stopped and when I got up for a wee in the morning the tampon thing came out and I believed this to be a failed induction.
I was wrong, an hour later I started getting stomach ache, and then my back started hurting again. Went on the CTG monitor, and eventually ended up pulling off the straps myself as the pain of laying on my back was getting unbearable. I had a sweep and was 3cm, not enough to go to delivery. I decided to have a bath again, and then after to go on the birthing ball. The labour came on very strong and very fast. I think I woke the whole ward up from screaming in the bath from pain, to the point I was crying for a epidural. The only painkiller I had was codeine. Had to get out of bath, went back to ward and was given another sweep, within 20 minutes I had gone from 3cm to 6cm, so got rushed down to delivery.
When we got to delivery I was 10cm, too late for any pain relief, the only thing I could have was gas and air. Birth was very fast and now I'm a mummy to a very handsome little boy
So the induction was a success, and my advice is to try and progress the labour yourself by staying mobile as much as you can, and if you get pain in your back don't stay silent about it so that you can get the pain relief you need as back to back is very painful.
Sorry for the essay, I hope this gives you some insight
