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11-20-2012 at 11:50 AM
Kern91
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If you were induced the first time...

Are you going to try and do anything different this time around to try and not have to get induced again? Any old wives tales, teas, messages? I really don't want to get induced again. It was a horrible experience for me and I just want some suggestions to try out when the time comes of course!

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11-20-2012 at 12:01 PM
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I was induced, had an emergency c-section, and opted for a RCS this time. So nothing different for me.

I was reading an article yesterday that said if you eat 6 or more dates per day it can help jumpstart labor.


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11-20-2012 at 12:12 PM
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I was "kind of" induced with LO1. I went into labor once they placed Cervidil (which is apparently very rare), so I never needed pitocin.

I don't plan on trying anything special this time around except having more sex the weeks before. Wink


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11-20-2012 at 12:23 PM
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I was induced due to pre-e last time and it looks like I'm headed for the same this time, unfortunately. My only goal this time is to be induced sooner so that I can potentially avoid the mag sulfate.

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11-20-2012 at 12:23 PM
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I was induced.

I'd say I'd do anything differently to try to get labor going on it's own, but I tried EVERYTHING. I drank the teas, I walked ALL DAY, EVERYDAY,  I ate pineapple, I bounced on a ball, I had sex like 5 times a day.

Nothing worked Sad


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11-20-2012 at 12:34 PM
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I was induced 4 weeks early so I have no idea how I would have turned out if I made it to 40 weeks.

Obviously I would love to avoid being induced but I honestly wouldn't care if it came down to it. Flame away, I liked knowing when I was going to the hospital and it would sure make things easier with a toddler this time! I would only opt for a induction if I made it past my due date and was making progress though. I had a long labor and would love to avoid that.

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11-20-2012 at 12:44 PM
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I tried everything I could think of to jumpstart labor the first time and none of it worked. I'm not going to go out of my way this time. It will happen when it happens and if I have to get induced, so be it.

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11-20-2012 at 12:44 PM
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I was induced 2 days early. This time induction is not an option unless something goes really wrong. I hired a MW and Doula team at a birthing center. So I am going to be in a different world from the first time.

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11-20-2012 at 12:44 PM
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I was induced & ended up with an unscheduled c/s. I can not get induced this time.

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11-20-2012 at 12:57 PM
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I was induced with DD, it ended in C/S. So I'm trying for a VBAC this time.

I've already started my red raspberry leaf supplement and evening primrose oil. I sit on my ball every day, doing exercises, walking, ect. I'm just doing the prelim things. Once everything I need is done and I hit 37 weeks I will start the sex and the more "baby get out" type things. If I go over my due date then I fully expect to try castor oil.


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11-20-2012 at 1:47 PM
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There's really nothing you can do to avoid a medically necessary induction other than trying to keep your pregnancy as low risk as possible, which means things like eating properly, exercising, taking care of yourself, etc.  You should avoid unnecessary induction anyway (things like being induced because baby is "too big", or you're past your EDD, etc.) and that's well within your control, just don't do it :)  You can't make your body go into labor, there's a reason why it starts when it does and it happens when the time is right and baby is ready to come out.  So, if you're thinking you're facing an induction if you "run out of time" or something like that then the most important thing is to adjust your perspective and accept that normal human gestation can go to 42 weeks.

Now, in order to give myself the best chance at a good labor experience I'm doing things like drinking red raspberry leaf tea, doing prenatal exercises which help with baby's positioning and my pelvis, getting adjusted by a chiropractor weekly to help with baby's positioning and my overall health, I took a natural birthing class as I'm planning to decline any unnecessary interventions, I switched practices to a smaller practice that subscribes more to the traditional midwifery model, etc.  

FWIW, I wasn't actually induced last time, but I did submit to a bunch of unnecessary interventions which ended with me getting a C/S for failure to progress.


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11-20-2012 at 5:59 PM
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I had a fantastic experience being induced, but I know that it doesn't always happen that way.  I hope to go into labor naturally this time, but if it doesn't happen, I am definitely not opposed to being induced a second time.

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11-20-2012 at 6:05 PM
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SittinUnderAPalmTree:
I had a fantastic experience being induced, but I know that it doesn't always happen that way.  I hope to go into labor naturally this time, but if it doesn't happen, I am definitely not opposed to being induced a second time.

I should add that I was induced because my doctor thought DD was very large. (She ended up being 9lbs 1oz and almost 23 inches long, which isn't huge, but it was big enough for me!)  I was already 5 cm when she admitted me.  When they started pitocin, it made DD's heart rate drop, so they stopped it after only a few minutes.  My body progressed after that without the drugs, so I guess I was lucky.  Start to finish, it was only 7 hours. 


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11-20-2012 at 7:05 PM
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I had a good experience both times I was induced and will do it again in a heartbeat if needed this time. I delivered both my girls at 41 weeks 2 days and all the old wives tails in the book did nothing for me. =()
11-20-2012 at 7:31 PM
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With #1, my water started leaking before she was ready to come out. After 2 days of cervix softeners and a day of pitocin resulting in 1.5cm, I had a c/s. When I talked to my new OB about it today, he said that if I start leaking fluid early again  we should have a lot of sex and stimulate my nipples before coming in to the hospital.

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11-20-2012 at 11:56 PM
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I was induced early for pre-e last time, but everything is going well so far in this pregnancy. I've kind of assumed I would be induced again, and only in the last three weeks have I considered I might get to go naturally. There is nothing for me to do differently. Whatever happens happens. My induction was really smooth, so I'm not scared of being induced again. If I get to go on my own, that's even better.

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