Pitocin vs natural contractions?

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This is my third (and final) pregnancy, I’ll be 33 weeks as of 7/7. I was induced with my first and needed pitocin with my second. I did both no meds, and hey were fairly quick labors, 6 and 8 hours. I have heard that pitocin makes contractions 100x worse. Can you ladies share your experiences of pitocin contractions vs natural contractions? I figure if I can get thru two births with it I should be good to go without it this time. Trying to do things as naturally as possible 😌

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I know when I was induced with my first, it was the worse contractions ever. I'm hoping with the second that I'm not induced and can have contractions naturally.

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Pitocin is the son of Satan ! I believe that a woman could handle the contractions, as natural MUCH MORE than adding the devil to the mix !

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First son I was induced with pitocin and had a rough 12 hr labor. Second my water broke at 330am and I had him at 648am and it was natural, much easier, less painful birth experience. So much it made me, along with other reasons, do a surrogacy for my third pregnancy currently. I definitely think induced contractions are worse.

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I’m not sure how regular contractions feel, but I was told the same thing about pitocin. I got induced with my son whom was 5 days late, and I’ll tell ya I had bad back labor and the pitocin made it worse, but I managed to get to 7cm before I got and Epi, and the contractions where intense I couldn’t even sit to pee without having them and bad pain! But after that Epi I was good didn’t feel a thing just the tightness on the top of my belly and that’s how I knew to push!

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There is no way to actually compare! 
I had a good short labor with pitocin - would it have been shorter without? Maybe? Maybe not? Would the contractions have been less intense without? Maybe? 
If my second child is without pitocin and it’s shorter and less intense - should I blame that on the pitocin?? Maybe, maybe not. Or is it just my second? Maybe

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So pictocin is an artificial version of oxytocin. Structurally the same chemically.
The biggest difference between using pictocin and not is that it interferes with the brains feedback loop with your body and usually you are dosed with much more pictocin than your body would have given you in oxytocin naturally. This is why the stories of pictocin births usually involve contractions being 1000xs more intense. 
Enhancing your oxytocin naturally can give you the more gentle birth you want since your brain has the option of slowing you down if needed. 
Using pictocin in smaller amounts can give you the experience of a naturally occurring birth without the intensity. 
Using pictocin is beneficial because you can force your uterus to just keep working on it without your brain being able to pump the breaks or if you become too frightened :) 
Hope this helps

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I am following. I am hoping I have natural contractions. I was induced last time and had the worst contractions.

Pitocin vs natural contractions?

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