- I'm a planner. I want to know when the baby is coming so I can plan accordingly: who will keep the other children, when to clean the house, when to pack my suitcase, etc.. Then I'm not caught by surprise as I was when I went unexpectedly into labor with Mary. (I had to hurriedly pack in the middle of the night, and I left a messy house.)
- My labors are shorter when I'm induced. And once you get an epidural, it doesn't really matter how strong your contractions are from the Pitocin. Of course, I'm sure that part of why this labor was so long was because the residents weren't in any hurry since they were there all day anyway. With my previous labors, I had a private practice physician, and she had other patients to see so she was in a little bit of a hurry. She got there early and broke my water shortly after the Pitocin was started so I delivered quickly. (And I liked that!)
- An induction guarantees that my doctor will deliver my baby, not whoever is on call. I prefer to have someone I know getting that familiar with me.
- With my inductions, I got my epidurals much more quickly than I did laboring with Mary. Again, that probably has to do with the difference in a teaching versus private hospital.
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Hi Nikki,
I have always gone into labor naturally.My oldest almost had to be induced as I had preclampsia and needed to have my baby.The night before I had my appt.I went into labor naturally.My labors have all been rather short with the longest being four hours.Three of my children have been so fast we delivered alone.They were my favorites.:)
I went into labor naturally (three days overdue) with my older daughter and everything was textbook perfect!
I was induced with our younger daughter (one week overdue) and she ended up being delivered via C-section after pushing for about an hour. However, she was a large baby (for me, anyway) at nine pounds, one ounce.
Sounds like being induced works well for you!
Hope you're having a good week and looking forward to the new year!
I say, Thank God for modern medicine. Men are to work by the sweat of their brow, but look at all the tools and labor saving devices that are available. I think it is a good thing that women have so many options available.
I have had to be induced because of complications and, like you, everything went much more smoothly. If I had it to do again, I'd go for the induced option. ~Nikki
I am totally the opposite! Going into labor scared me so much - and I ended up needing an emergency c section because Sophie was in distress before I even got to labor! My second was a section as well, but it was planned - which I did like much better :)
First two were natural - only 1 and 2 hours long. Third was induced - the doctors were going to a 4th of July picnic and induced all of us who were due on the 4th. It took 5 or 6 hours. NO picnic!!! Love to all
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