Birth Induction (Birth Induction)

Member Name: jacqueline101

Product:	Birth Induction
Date:	14/10/09 (137 review reads)
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Advantages: Can work for some women

Disadvantages: Can be more painful than natural labour

I gave birth to my daughter towards the end of 2006. I had reached my due date and nothing had happened a few days later, so I was sent to the Ante Natal Clinic to have a membrane sweep, which is similar to an internal examination and can help can help to get labour started. The membrane sweep had no effect, and I was given a date to go into hospital for an induction. The induction was due to start a few days before I reached 42 weeks of pregnancy. When I had been admitted, I was given the first of four Prostaglandin pessaries, and put on a monitor to check the baby's heartbeat.

The following morning I was given another pessary, and encouraged to walk around and use the birthing ball to encourage labour to start. I had a few very mild contractions, similar to period pain, but nothing more. I also found walking around and trying to go up stairs very tiring. Each time I was given a pessary, I was examined to see if I was dilated, but there was no progress. I was told that I could only have four pessaries and if they could not break my waters, I would have to have a caesarean section. I actually felt quite relieved about this, as I had been dreading the labour itself, a well as the process of induction.

The next day I was at exactly 42 weeks, and had had the four pessaries. I was examined by a doctor and told that they could not put up the drip (Syntocynon) that would be the next stage of the induction, as I had not dilated at all, so the only option would be a caesarean. It all happened very quickly after that - I was prepared for theatre, had a spinal anaesthetic and my daughter was born soon after.

I hoped that the induction would work, but for me it was unsuccessful, though this is not the case for other women. I felt that I was well informed, both before and during the induction process, regarding what was going to happen.

Summary: It didn't work for me