Contractions WAY more intense after breaking of water?
After reading other mothers birth stories, it seems like a common theme that contractions got way more intense and painful during an induction of labor after they broke your bag of water. I know that was the case for me! My contractions were 1 or 2 with pitocin and about 10 minutes after they broke my water, they were an 8 or 9 out of 10 on a pain scale. I went from 4cm prior to complete and pushing within 2 hours.
My goal was to go medication free but ended up getting an epidural. I question whether I would have been more prepared and able to cope if they would have warned me that this could happen. It got intense so quickly and contractions were coming every 2 minutes that it took me by surprise and I didn't handle it well.
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