Failed Induction
Feeling overwhelmed and exhausted and not a little anxious. On Friday morning I went in to my regular appointment only to be told that because of my polyhadramnios that they were going to induce me. And not in a few days, on Friday with no warning.
So of course, because baby was not even head down but transverse, I had to have a second version before anything else.
Probably at 6 or 7 they finally started the actual process with the cytotec suppository to get my cervix ripened. After 3 of these, my cervix was to a fingertip and I was starting to have contractions somewhat consistently. They decided to start me on pitocin then to try to push him into the birth canal to encourage my cervix to efface.
I was still stuck back in a cot in triage at this point, and didn't get to an actual room until about 3 Saturday afternoon. They put me on 2 of pit until I could get back to the actual room and then started titrating it up. Around 9 I started to have severe contractions which persisted until at 2 in the morning when the doctor examined me and said I was only 2 cm and 50% effaced and the baby was really not engaging yet. I just couldn't do it anymore. The pain was the worst I've ever felt and it was unrelenting and all for nothing. So I left the hospital at noon and did the still pregnant walk of shame to the car.
I've been having contractions on my own all day but they're pretty irregular. Really painful though, which is maybe because of how sore everything is after the weekend? And now we're back on triage on Sunday night because I couldn't feel him moving. Of course his strip is beautiful so this was pointless.
If anyone is still reading this, thanks. I just needed to vent. Hopefully I come back for real soon. I'm just so sick and tired of this whole process already.
Tl;dr: induction sucks
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