Induced Labor Stories Sharing

[arragalang]

Hi Mommies,

I was hoping to get shared experiences and labor stories from moms who were induced to have their little babies.

I am 39 weeks and 5 days pregnant based on LMP and my ob wanted to admit me next Monday for labor induction if I will still not give birth week. I am already dilated and she can feel baby's head already. However, my contractions are very irregular, and I only have BH most of the time.

I was aiming on naturally progressing my labor but is now super scared and not even prepared nor do not know what to do or to expect if i'll be induced.

Please share your stories on how your induced labor went, how you prepared and other things you can tell me.

Thank you very much!

[damsel.in.distress]

I was induced sa first born ko. My supposed edd was nov.6. She was born on nov.3. Wala naman complications or anything, sadyang atat lang talaga ako manganak because hirap na hirap na ko matulog by that time. 1-2 weeks before nov.3, i was advised to take buscopan, pangpahilab ata yun? Hindi ko na maalala e. That was almost 7yrs ago. Hehe.

So come nov.3. My mom and I went to the lying-inn. For IE. And to tell nga na gusto ko na talaga manganak. So after ng IE. The midwife gave the go signal na. 12noon yun. Dinextrose na ko. And I think inadminister na din dun yung pag-painduce. 6pm, my water broke. That's the time nagstart ang labor pains. Not to scare you, but i was literally telling my mom that i'm going to die because of the pain. Haha. Natatawa na lang ako pag naaalala ko yun. Anyway, 9pm dumating ang OB. Pinasok ako sa delivery room. 9:20pm, baby's out na.

Sabi nila. Induced labor are three times painful than yung normal spontaneous labor.

I'm pregnant right now. And isa sa option ko ang magpa-induce ulit. Ayoko kasi yung stress ng waiting when puputok ang panubigan tas tatakbo sa ospital etc. hehe. 

[arragalang]

^ super thanks for sharing! I am already anticipating na it will be much painful. Did you use any anesthisia? Did you have a hard time pushing din?

[damsel.in.distress]

^Sis i dunno what kind of anesthesia they used. Basta alam ko, pag labas na paglabas ng head ni baby, passed out na ko. I think twilight yung ganun? Not really sure. Hehe. Hindi ako nahirapan magpush. Actually while waiting for my water to broke, ask pa ko sa mga midwife dun how to push kasi nga hindi naman ako marunong. They said parang napupupu pero iba. Gulo di ba? Anyway. Pagdating ko sa delivery room, i can still hear the OB telling the midwife na wag ipush yung tyan ko because nalabas ang baby. And the midwife answered na she's not doing anything. Mabilis lang talaga lumabas. I guess ilang push lang, lumabas na. 20minutes lang ako sa loob ng delivery room. Hihi. Basta advice nila, pag nagpush ka, mahabang mahaba. Yung pinakamahaba na kaya mo. Kasi if not, hihigupin pabalik yung baby, which will make the baby's head pahaba. Ganun yung case nung baby na nauna samin, sa kalagitnaan ng ire, natigil yung mommy, kaya mahaba yung ulo.

Syaka with all the pain, ewan ko lang sis kung hindi ka magpush ng mahaba. Kasi para bang you just want na matapos na lahat at mailabas na si baby.

[preggygielian]

Sis I was induced on my 39w4d due to IUGR and low amniotic fluid.

We started at 10am, nakasubo ako konti ng shepherd's pie haha kaso ini-IV nalang kasi baka mamaya maCS daw ako eh kaya kelangan wag na daw ako kumain. :-( pinutok water bag ko, inuunti unti na yung dosage ng oxytocin thru the IV. Deadma lang sa sakit...kaya pang ngitian mga hapon nagstart na ang kelangan may deep breathing pero mga bandang 6pm ang sakit na niya..nag laughing gas na ako. Papapiliin lang kasi dito ng laughing gas/pethidine or epidural.

For 1 hour salitan yung deep breathing saka laughing gas. Nung nagpunta sa canteen asawa ko for dinner ng 7pm, di ko na kinaya magdeep breathing kasi masisira ko na ang bed sa kakapush sa railings!

May mga times na kinailangan nilang itigil yung oxytocin ko kasi nagkakafetal distress. After mga 30 minutes to 1 hour, tuloy na ulit.

12hrs ang deadline para mag-CS na hehe di daw ako masyado nagpprogress pero ang sakit na ng contractions ko at sobrang tindi ng back pain ko. There were times na naiisip kong sana tumaas na bp ko (nasa borderline na kasi bp ko nung buobg 3rd trimester ko eh) para maCS na ako.

Mararamdaman mo pala talaga ang urge to push kaya antayin mo yun para magpush out. Kundi masasayang effort mo.

Thank God 9 mins before the 12 hour deadline, nadeliver ko na si baby (vaginal birth). He was born 2.015kg...ang liit niya so hindi ko alam paano nilalabas ang bigger babies! Haha

I hope maging okay ang delivery mo :-) kayang kaya mo yan! Soon you'll be with your baby!!! :-)

[katrinac]

Hello mommies, induced birth din ako. EDD is July 8, i gave birth on July 6 (last year).
Super wala ako na feel na contractions, or any signs of labor - kung di pa kami nag pa check up ng July 5, di ko pa malalaman na mangangak na pala ako. parang ni strip ako ng OB ko during IE. then ayun, pinapunta na kami sa hospital .

Pagpunta namin sa hospital, super wala padin ako na fefeel na contractions, though ang dami na blood nalabas sakin. So ni induce na nila ako, eh super taas ata ng pain tolerance ko - naka 3 turok ata sila sakin ng gamot, wala padin. So they decided na putukin yung panubigan ko nalang. so yun, after putukin, dun ko na naramadaman yung intense labor pains. ang sakit sakit nya. ending, naging CS padin ako  kasi nag stuck si baby ng 3CM. 11 hours ako sa labor room. They decided na i CS nadin ako kasi di ko na talaga kaya that time, pagod na pagod na ako tapos si baby ko, mataas na rin ang heartbeat.

[charmed30]

I was induced din be because of PPROM. Around 10 PM nagstart ang induction then 4:25 PM the next day pa ko nanganak. There was this one point na kelangan tanggalin sa kin [textspeak!] swero ng pang induce dahil nagddrop yung heartbeat ni baby tapos pinalitan nila ng iv fluids muna. Seems that nappwersa si baby sa paglabas. After 2 hrs binalik din yung pang induce then ok na si baby.

I can say na pag induced, medyo matagal ang labor. Yung mga kasabayan ko nauna pang manganak sa kin. 5-6 cm kaya pa yung labor pains. 7 cm onwards, hind ko na matolerate yung pain. i did no have any epidural. I was sedated nung 5 cm pero hindi din nakatulong sa pain, para lang daw makatulog ako which is hindi naman nangyari. I can say triple ang labor pains ng induced compared dun sa hindi. Sabi din yan ng nurses na kachikahan ko sa labor room. Plus yung case ko pa, wala na amniotic fluid, so mas masakit pa.
But thank God, eto nakaraos na din. I gave birth last june 8, NSD, at 34 weeks and 5 days.

[i_v_y]

 i was induced too at exactly 40 weeks. 4 cm na ako pero wala akong pains na nararamdaman. I was given oxytocin via IV.  Pinutok ng OB ko ang bag of water ko around 11am, then i felt the labor pain na. At 7cm, i asked for epidural. 4:40am, i gave birth via NSD.

[ellabear]

Hi Mommies,

Let me share my induced labor story.
I gave birth at exactly 37 weeks. My OB did not allow more time up to 39 to 40weeks like other mommies. Because she said kailangan na ilabas si baby kasi malapit na siya magpoops. Plus, 33weeks to 36weeks I am stucked at 2cm though super lakad na ginagawa ko. Actually masipag ako maglakad. Then what my OB suggested, is maglalagay siya na para siyang tampon. May string din sya and may gamot sya. I forgot the name pero pangpainduce siya. So nilagay nya yun july22 ng 11am and she advised that kapag continuous contractions na pwede ko na tanggalin yung string then go to the hospital. If not, let it stay for max of 10hours may maramdaman man ako or wala still go to the hospital. After nya ilagay yun magbed rest lang daw ako, so I went home and I was asleep the whole day. Wala ako nafeel so natulog lang ako then tinggal ko na yung string. Kinukulit na ako ng hubby ko na pumunta na kame hospital but I really wanted to sleep, so natulog pa din ako. Came 2am parang may lumabas saken na ang color parang pinaghugasan ng isda. pakonti konti. Then di pa sana ako pupunta kasi wala pa ako nafefeel pero sabe ng mom ko go na raw ako sa hospital. so nagpunta kame and what I am feeling is yung parang malapit na magkamenstruation, pero di naman sya masakit. Pagdating ko ng hospital, pag IE saken 3cm daw. tapos pinilit ibuka yung cervix ko sa 4cm. Sobrang painful talaga. After non nararamdaman ko na contraction ko pero di naman sya ganon kasakit. Nung 5cm na pinutok na yung waterbag ko. Masakit na contractions ko pero kaya pa naman. then by 6cm nilagay na epidural ko... super relieved na ako hanggang sa manganak.. hanggang sa istich ako.. hanggang sa makarating ako sa room ko.