"Make sure to get induced...everyone does it!" - page 4

I was induced at 39 weeks for medical reasons. I insisted on ONLY Cervidil! No Pitocin and no AROM.... after 24 hours, every nurse on the floor was telling me that I was going to need a section, with NO indications of fetal distress and no ROM.

I think there is kind of a mentality that just get it over and done with. Hour 25, with only 2cm dilation, my membranes ruptured spontaneously and 4 hours and 3 pushes later, a very healthy, non-distressed little princess was here She's 5 now.

If I would have anything to do over again it was the epidural. I let myself get scared into it and HATED it. It on;y numbed half my body for about 18 hours and even after it was removed and reinserted it didn't work, so I made them shut it off! If I ever had another child, I would avoid that at all costs. And although the "laboring" was long, if needed I would do the slow, no Pit induction again.

I do think there is that mentality at many places. I know the first hospital I worked at, the OBs were not interested in 2-3 day inductions. After 24 hours, if there was no progress, they'd be pushing for a C/S. Where I work now is SO different from that. Not only do they allow inductions to go on for several days, as long as both mom and baby are doing okay, but there are times when, after 2-3 days, if nothing is happening, they will allow the mom to go home for a day or two and come back. They truly look at the mom and baby and how they're doing, and I have NEVER seen them make decisions based only on convenience. I LOVE my current facility.

Random, elective inductions w/o medical indications or extremly important social reasons are not the standard of care, anymore. Thankfully. ACOG & AWHONN have initiatives to curtail the induction rampage. It was getting out of hand for awhile & the babies suffered the fallout.

I think it’s still much better to be all natural and I don’t particularly favor induction, though it is e necessary in some conditions..It’s still a better experience to give birth following all the natural process as much as possible...