Advice about what to expect?

[Guest guest]

Well, now that I know that I will for sure be induced next Wednesday, those

ladies who have gone through induction before, what should I expect? My OB has

me checking into the hospital Tuesday night to start the gels to ripen my

cervix, my cervix is closed as of yesterday. I guess we are going to be doing

this all night and then at 8am on Wednesday morning he wants to start the

pitocin. How long after starting the pitocin will it take for contractions to

start? Do they go gradually or is it more like going from zero to sixty in 6

seconds? I am planning on having an epadural so when do you think they will do

that? Since they are starting this at 8 in the morning and baring any

difficulties when do you think I will be done? The afternoon or the evening or

longer, (OY! God forbid! LOL!) OK, does this sound like I'm getting a twinge

of nervousness? Ugh! I still have a week to go, and can't start getting

nervous now. I'm gonna go breathe now.

Axelrod

[Guest guest]

With my boys iw as induced and it took about 20 hours, the labor was not so

bad and i had an epidural. With Madison I had the gel stuff in my cervix on

Monday and induced with pitocin on Tuesday, nothing really happened so they shut

it off at 8 pm at night and restarted it at 8 am Tuesday morning only for the

same crap to happen again and i was in pain all day long and this went on and

off like that until thursday when the doc decided to let me go home until I

could peel myself off the ceiling he said. I asked him if he was OUTTA HIS

FRICKIN MIND, I was a week overdue, lived with 2 year old twins and lived in the

mountain 45 minutes from town in a snowstorm, HE WAS NUTS AND I TOLD HIM SO. i

was in no mood to mess around after this long so i called the docs who

delivered the twins in Vermont and they said i could come over there, I got

there

early thursday evening. they I was having contractions on my own but not steady

so

they hooked the pitocin up and I had my littel monster girl, all 9 pounds 4

opunces of her, on Friday at 1:32 in the afternoon. I was exhausted but soooooo

glad it was over. I was 400 plpus pounds when I gave birth and NOT in good

shape. i found out my doc sent me home cause it was his weekend off and it was

New Years Eve and he was going to vermont to party. NICE GUY HUH!!!! Everyone

is different, every birth is different. My case with my girl is NOT common, the

one with the boys is more common. i think you will do fine, exspecially

getting the epidural, I always highly recommend it, LOL....

God Bless,

Robin, NorthEastern, NY

EDD- July 27th, 2004

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!

Mommy to:

&

(twin boys 7 1/2),

Madison, daughter, 5 years and

Wife to Pup 15 years (October 31, 1988)

Gastric Bypass Surgery-

October 18th 2002

Start-378, current- 246(pregnant)

goal 170 after baby

[Guest guest]

,

With my DS I had the same regimen that your are going to have.. The

gel actually started my contractions that night. They were very

light contractions but contractions non the least. I would try and

sleep as much as you can that night in the hospital before the

pitossin is started.. I was already dialated to about a 2 the next

morning and was placed on the drip.. My contractions started to

become stronger and closer together about 15 mins after the pit was

started.. They were not that painful UNITL around noon when my OB

came in and broke my water!! OMGGGGGG then the pain began!! Oh the

intensity!!! I breathed through them and was able to get an

epideral at about 4cm (unfortunately the epi only lasted for about

an hour) They did give me some other drugs through my iv that

helped take the edge off and i could get some cat naps but i

basically just practiced my " blowing " the pain away!! I had Ethan

at about 7:30pm that night and ahhhh i was relieved!!! Having a

child natural is ohhhhhh uhhhhhh well lets just say that I prefer

drugs!! lol I wasnt given anything for the pushing part because it

made me soo sleepy!! Bring on the Epi this time!! and GOD let it

work for longer than an hour!! lol

Huggers and congrats on havin your little one really soon!! I know

everything will be fine just remember that the anesthesiologist is a

miracle from God when your epideral is in and working!!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

When I had my son 4 years ago I was given the gel to ripen my cervix. I was

supposed to then go home a few hours after that and come back in at 7 am the

next day. I was one of the small percentage that the gel made my contractions

start....and when they started it was like being hit in the stomach with a

baseball bat. They then put me on pitocin.....I never progressed past 3

centimeters. 10 hours natural childbirth, 18 hours with drugs and an

epidural....A very lovely c-section and 4 days in a great hospital. This was

all pre-wls if that makes a difference. So as to not scare you..I must say all

the women in my family have had horrendous labors the first time around.

Good luck and I will say a prayer that you get one of those labors like my best

friend. She had gas pains for a 1/2 hour and then the thought she had to go

poop and the baby started to come out and was out as the ambulance got in the

driveway. Its been this way with all 5 of her kids each getting easier and

easier.

Chrystal

Wife to Jace - together 6 Years!

Happy Mommy to - 4 Years Old!

New Baby Boy Swenson Due July 28, 2004!

Zookeeper for 2 big dogs and 5 cats who let me feed them!

http://chrystallife.50megs.com/

http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/seeswensonauctions/

Advice about what to expect?

Well, now that I know that I will for sure be induced next Wednesday, those

ladies who have gone through induction before, what should I expect? My OB has

me checking into the hospital Tuesday night to start the gels to ripen my

cervix, my cervix is closed as of yesterday. I guess we are going to be doing

this all night and then at 8am on Wednesday morning he wants to start the

pitocin. How long after starting the pitocin will it take for contractions to

start? Do they go gradually or is it more like going from zero to sixty in 6

seconds? I am planning on having an epadural so when do you think they will do

that? Since they are starting this at 8 in the morning and baring any

difficulties when do you think I will be done? The afternoon or the evening or

longer, (OY! God forbid! LOL!) OK, does this sound like I'm getting a twinge

of nervousness? Ugh! I still have a week to go, and can't start getting

nervous now. I'm gonna go breathe now.

Axelrod

[Guest guest]

Chrystal,

Wow! Your friend sounds like she is a regular birthing machine, LOL! The more

that I think about a c-section the calmer I am about it, does this make any

sense? I guess if I just accept the fact that it is a very real possibility, if

it doesn't happen then I will be happily surprised. I talked to my husband last

night to emphasize the fact to him that this is a real possibility for us so he

doesn't freak out if it has to happen. He has about 25 vacation days saved up

and we are planning on him taking 12 with his paternity leave starting this

Monday, but its nice to know that if I do have a c-section and need him home

longer than the time he has scheduled he can take more. My twin sis is coming

out on the 20th and staying till May 4th, and my Mom is coming out the 23rd and

staying till May 1st, so I should have plenty of help.

Axelrod

Re: Advice about what to expect?

Hi ,

When I had my son 4 years ago I was given the gel to ripen my cervix. I was

supposed to then go home a few hours after that and come back in at 7 am the

next day. I was one of the small percentage that the gel made my contractions

start....and when they started it was like being hit in the stomach with a

baseball bat. They then put me on pitocin.....I never progressed past 3

centimeters. 10 hours natural childbirth, 18 hours with drugs and an

epidural....A very lovely c-section and 4 days in a great hospital. This was

all pre-wls if that makes a difference. So as to not scare you..I must say all

the women in my family have had horrendous labors the first time around.

Good luck and I will say a prayer that you get one of those labors like my

best friend. She had gas pains for a 1/2 hour and then the thought she had to

go poop and the baby started to come out and was out as the ambulance got in the

driveway. Its been this way with all 5 of her kids each getting easier and

easier.

Chrystal

Wife to Jace - together 6 Years!

Happy Mommy to - 4 Years Old!

New Baby Boy Swenson Due July 28, 2004!

Zookeeper for 2 big dogs and 5 cats who let me feed them!

http://chrystallife.50megs.com/

http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/seeswensonauctions/

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info . We are definitely hoping for a vaginal delivery but

preparing for a c-section just in case. We have no idea how big Hannah is as

every time I ask the u/s techs they say its too hard to measure now in addition

to the other tests that have to be preformed. My husband wasn't a big baby, and

I was only 6lbs, but I was a twin, so I'm not expecting her to be much larger

than 7lbs, hopefully .

Axelrod

Re: Advice about what to expect?

hello girl, with my first pregnancy, i had the gestational diabetes, due to my

size they didny want to have to do c section but baby was being estimated very

big so to reduce probability of the c, they induced me 1 day before my edd. i

arrived at the hospital @ 6 am, they got they did one last u/s to estimate

again babys size and position. for me, the labor pains were a gradual thing, not

too strong, came and went so they needed to increase the meds, i had already had

my membranes stripped atleast 2 times in hopes id go into labor naturally but

nope i didnt and i had already lost my plug like 1 or two weeks previous, baby

was stubborn i guess , anyhow, i was dialating slowly @ 3pm doc made the

decision to break my water bag with this gigantic wooden crochet hook looking

thing (scared the hell out of me!) dont let it scare ya, it looks scary but

doesnt hurt she broke my water and i dialated from 2 and a half to 6

instantly and i was in instant intense labor and pain, i was< having the

sensation to push the second the water bag was broke, i was given an epideral

right away, i usually have a very high tolerance for pain but to be hit so

suddenly, well.... i didnt know what hit me LOL!! the epideral brought relief

fast and in fact it worked toooo good, i couldnt feel a thing in my opinion this

may have slowwed the process down due to not knowing when the heck to push,they

did end up turning it down so i could feel something. i ended up pushing for

over 4 and a half hours. this was probably a combo of having had an epideral and

the fact that the boy came out the size of a football player! LOL but in the

end all was well and mama and baby were just fine! i wish you the best with

everything and i cant wait to read your post about how everything went, hugs

carrie

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks so much for taking the time to share info with me. All you wonderful

ladies in this group have made me feel more comfortable about this induction and

the possiblity of a c-section. I know no matter what happens everything will be

fine.

Axelrod

Re: Advice about what to expect?

,

With my DS I had the same regimen that your are going to have.. The

gel actually started my contractions that night. They were very

light contractions but contractions non the least. I would try and

sleep as much as you can that night in the hospital before the

pitossin is started.. I was already dialated to about a 2 the next

morning and was placed on the drip.. My contractions started to

become stronger and closer together about 15 mins after the pit was

started.. They were not that painful UNITL around noon when my OB

came in and broke my water!! OMGGGGGG then the pain began!! Oh the

intensity!!! I breathed through them and was able to get an

epideral at about 4cm (unfortunately the epi only lasted for about

an hour) They did give me some other drugs through my iv that

helped take the edge off and i could get some cat naps but i

basically just practiced my " blowing " the pain away!! I had Ethan

at about 7:30pm that night and ahhhh i was relieved!!! Having a

child natural is ohhhhhh uhhhhhh well lets just say that I prefer

drugs!! lol I wasnt given anything for the pushing part because it

made me soo sleepy!! Bring on the Epi this time!! and GOD let it

work for longer than an hour!! lol

Huggers and congrats on havin your little one really soon!! I know

everything will be fine just remember that the anesthesiologist is a

miracle from God when your epideral is in and working!!