Water Broke- Positive Induction Story

Water broke at 3:50am 5/10. I was getting out of bed to pee. Continued to trickle out.

Feeling slightly crampy, by 5:30am. 

At 7am I was advised by my doctor to get some rest and go on walks. He instructed me to go into triage at 5pm. He said there was an 80% change of labor starting on its own.

At 5:30pm it was confirmed that my water had broken and I was admitted into Labor & Delivery. It was clear that my labor was not starting on its own and would need augmentation in order to deliver with in the time frame that my doctor and the hospital were comfortable with- since my bag of water had ruptured. I started with miso- basically a synthetic prostaglandin to help the cervix be the best it could be for pitocin. I was told that there was a 50% chance the miso would start my labor without needing pitocin. They wanted to use this augmentation in 3 doses of miso in 12 hours. I went through 2 doses of miso and many strong erratic contractions before I knew I needed rest in order to continue. I tried nitrous gas but got no relief.

At 5:30am I got an epidural and skipped the last dose of miso and went straight for the pitocin. I was able to rest and fully dilate by 11am. I was pushing by 11:45am and he was born at 12:24pm. 

I had a 2 lobed placenta and part of it was stuck to the uterus wall. I had to have a manual removal of the placenta. I was given fentanyl for the pain. It only made me sleepy and heavy but didn't take away the pain. 

I was able to nurse with in the first hour. We passed all the tests and went home 36 hrs after birth! We had to wait an extra 12 hours to see that I had not gotten an infection from having my bag of waters broken for so long before delivery. 

I had hoped to have a non-medicated experience but the water breaking made that complicated. Even though it was not at all my ideal birth experience, I still think it was a positive induction experience. 

He weighted 7lbs 7oz and was 20".