How does inducing work?

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If any of you would like to share your stories on getting induced I would greatly appreciate it ! I'm over due , no signs of baby coming and have a good feeling my doctor is going to schedule me to get induced 😕 not happy because it's not what I planned for or wanted but hey everything happens for a reason! Is the inducement a pill? How long does it take to work ?

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I was set to be induced but ended up going into labor on my own at 40w3d. I was almost completely effaced but not dilating past 2cm. They gave me the cervadil pill to try to open me up more, it only helped a little. They started pitocin as well. Biggest thing for me was being able to rest, once I got to about 4cm they gave me and epidural and I took a nap, everything happened quick from there. I was in labor for a long time though, 37 hours. I hope your labor starts naturally for you but if not inducing will be ok, just try to get as much rest as you can before those contractions start

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My inducing story probably isn't the greatest lol.
So I went in Sunday night to start the process. My cervix wasn't in the most favorable position so they wanted to do a couple doses of cytotec, then in the morning they would start me on pitocin.
Well I was dehydrated so I was getting a lot of contractions (apparently I couldn't feel them) which if you have too many you can't have the cytotec. Once I hydrated I was able to get my first dose. They would come in and check me every few hours to try and give me another dose but I was getting too many contractions. So in the morning they put me on pitocin and my doctor checked me. My cervix hasn't budged. So he gave me a few hours on pitocin and checked me again, still didn't budge so to avoid the risk of c section they sent me home and I'm going in tonight to do it again. 😩

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It all depends on if you're dilated or not at the time. I was scheduled to be induced and was not dilated at all yet, so they scheduled me to come in at night to insert cervedil (sp?) vaginally to get my cervix ready first. The Cervedil is like a flat tablet that they have to insert passed your cervix. This part was really painful for me but it took my nurse 4x to do it. 😑 Once it's inserted, it's supposed to help your cervix start to soften and dilate so they can start pitocin sometime the next day. It really didn't do too much for me, and I ended up having an emergency c section anyway because my daughter's heart rate dropped. But basically if you're not dilated they may start with that or something else to help your cervix first, and then they will start pitocin through your IV that will start intense contractions. Good luck!

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My inducing experience wasn't bad. I wish it hadn't been necessary but baby girl was measuring small and had low fluid levels. At some point the placenta started failing. 
I was already dilated weeks prior and having contractions close together- however they were painless which was odd.  They started me on pitocin at around ten thirty and I continued to dilate until I knew I had to push. They didn't expect it to be so fast since it was an induced labor and hadn't even set the delivery bed up. My love Melanie Moon was born at 6:26 with a med free labor (excl. pitocin) and I did not have any tears. We are doing well and I was up and about right after delivery! Recovery has been good too and we are still breastfeeding. Blessed. 💖

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I was induced at 38 weeks due to my placenta no longer working. I was already dialated at a 2 and was 80% effaced. They started me on pitocin at 10:30 am- the contractions were not bad at all. They decided to break my water, from there my contractions got bad with no breaks in between so I got an epidural. The epidural was amazing. At 8:00 pm they checked me and I was ready to push. My son came out on my first push (which was supposed to be a practice push) so he came out without the doctor even in the room. My husband ended up catching his head lol. I was not excited to be induced but it went way better than I expected!

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I was induced on the 21st. I was already 2cm dialated and 50% effaced so I didn't need the cervidil. I went in at 6:30 am, they gave me an IV and started me on pitocin. The contractions weren't bad at first, but got increasingly more intense. I ended up getting an epidural about 4 hours into it which helped so much with the pain. My LOs heart rate kept dropping when I contracted though depending on which side I was laying on, so the nurses were constantly in and out to help me flip over given the fact my legs were numb. Because of his dropping heart rate, around 9:30pm my doctor told me he would let me try to push for a half hour, if I didn't make any progress I would be getting a c section.  I pushed like my life depended on it, and at 9:50 pm Emmit was born. Turned out the dropping heart rate was because the cord was wrapped around his neck 5 times. But all is well now and I have a happy healthy one week old. 
I know induction can be scary, but I'm sure you and your baby will be just fine. You can do it! Good luck 😁

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Hi mama! I had to be induced because my cervix was being evil lol. They started me out with Cervidil for 12 hours, and then Pitocin the next morning. Pitocin started  working quickly to give me contractions but my cervix was still being a little slow so they placed a foley balloon after about 6/7 hours.. at that point I got an epidural. The contractions were bearable, but the pressure from the foley balloon ontop of them was no good. The epidural did wonders! The foley balloon worked quickly to dilate me from a 1 to a 4 & it was pretty smooth from there! I only pushed for 20ish minutes and didn't feel a thing because I got a double dose of epidural meds at the perfect time!

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I was induced with my second I was dilated to 2 but cervix was only 50-% so I got 2 doses of cytotec was having contractions on my own and progressing so got the epidural they broke my water and gave me pitocin to speed things up once I got the pitocin I delivered 2 hrs later 4 pushes it wasn't bad at all

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Depends. I was only dialated 1cm when I was induced so they did the balloon on me for 12 hours- they basically insert a balloon with saline inside and it expands to expand your uterus. That got me to a 3 1/2, then they started me in pitocin, which induces contractions. I never dialated further after that so I was a c section, but for the most part it works!!

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Induction started Friday night at 11:30pm (41 weeks 1 day) and still had a full bag of water and only at 2cm. We started with the bulb but that only lasted two hours before it came out on its own. We then tried oxytocin around 3am. Started getting consistent contractions that became 48secs apart. When the morning nurses and doctors took over the shift, about 7am I was checked again. Now I'm at 8cm and figured it was time for an epidural at 8am. Started to push at 12:15pm then had my lil girl at 2:10pm Saturday. Was worried the whole process was going to take much longer but it felt like we were in and out in a flash.

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