What should i expect when getting Induced???

Question

what do they do to you .. and when they put in the gels and you start labour right away on your own

getting gel put in on Monday and getting induced Tuesday i'm 41 weeks

Answer 1

The gel, prostoglandin I'm assuming, is to help soften your cervix and get it prepared for labor. Sometimes it causes nausea and diarrhea. People do sometimes go into labor with just the gel, but not usually with a first baby.

The next day, they will start a pitocin drip through the iv. It starts slowly, and gradually builds up over several hours until you are in a good contraction pattern.

The doctor will likely break your water at some point. This is usually only slightly more uncomfortable than a regular vaginal exam. The pain of the contractions increases after your water is broken.

Most people get IV pain medication, then an epidural if they want it. It's important to make sure you don't wait until you are completely out of control to get the epidural. you have to be able to hold still for that.

Answer 2

I've had 3 inductions so I consider myself an expert. I've heard the gels or pills they put in you are protoglandins (semen) from pigs but I'm not 100% sure on that. Anyway, when you get there they have you get undressed and put a gown on. They have you pee in a cup then they take your blood pressure. Then they will put a monitor on you and the baby and watch you for a little while. Meanwhile you will have to answer all of their questions and they will have someone come in a take your blood. Then you have to sign consent forms and they will start an IV. Then they will put the gel stuff inside of your cervix, they will wait an hour or two and if you are still less than 3 or so dialated they will put another one in. With me they always had to do two doses before it really started to work. First you will just get really mild cramps and it will get more and more intense until it's full blown contractions. They pretty much just leave you alone and just come check your cervix and blood pressure once in a while. So I suggest renting some movies to help pass the time, that's what we always do. If you are lucky the gels will put you into labor like it did to me, and you won't need the pitocin. With my first I only had pitocin and no prostaglandins, and I was in labor 24 hours before giving birth. With my second and third I had the prostoglandins and never had the pitocin, my labors were 6 hours and 11 hours with them. About 15 to 30 minutes after my 2nd dose of the prostoglandins is when I started having contractions and they just got stronger and stronger until it feels like you can't handle them anymore. That is when you need to really relax your body, and if you can't that's when you get the epideral. That's the only way to keep your labor short and productive. Oh yeah, they usually break your water once you get passed a 3 dialation which will help too. Good luck! By the way, you don't have to be on bed rest while you are being induced. You just have to wait an hour or so to prevent the stuff from coming out, but I was allowed to walk around and go to the bathroom and everything with both procedures as long as you don't have an epidural.

Answer 3

I have 3 children & I was induced with all of them. From my experience, they put the inducing fluid into your iv. After about an hour or so I started having contractions. When I was dialated enough they broke my water, then about an hour or so later I gave birth. My labor took around 8 hours each time. They say when you are induced your labor pains are a little bit worse than if you weren't. So I would definitely request a pain reliever of some sort, if you are ok with using them. There are several different kinds that your doctor can tell you about. I hope this helps. :)

Answer 4

I went 2 weeks over with my daughter, so I was induced. First they check your vitals and set you up with moniters around your belly to keep an eye on the baby. They used Cervidell first. It is a small shoe string looking medication that is inserted into your vaginal opening. It can take up to 12 hours to start working. So you just walk around or lay down and wait to see if you begin dialating. If not, which in my case didn't happen, they broke my water. That doesn't hurt, but can be frightening because of the long wand they use and uncomfortable because when the waters come out, it feels like you've urinated on yourself in bed! Some time after that, I was put on Pitocen. That will make your contractions stronger and more painful. Then ultimately you're ready to push.

Answer 5

I was induced three times. I never had any of the gels or suppositories, but I'll tell you what they did to me. I was three cm dilated with my last, and I went in early in the morning. They started the IV, antibiotics (I was gbs+), and pitocin. I began contracting (doesn't hurt much at first). When I was around four cm, they broke my water (doesn't hurt at all). The contractions began to hurt, so I got the epidural. The came to check me two more times over the next few hours, and when I was fully dilated, I pushed for three contractions, and I had a beautiful baby! If this is your first, expect to push a little longer (my first took three hours of pushing, but the next two were easy). Being induced is not that bad, it's just a lot of waiting. Good luck!!!

Answer 6

They put the gel in me, I got to the hospital at 6:30 in the morning, About 8 they put the gel in, I was getting regular, but not hard contractions for about 5 hours. Then they started picking up and coming closer together. The hospital didn't like how hard they were coming so close together, so they removed the gel thing and within an hour I dialated completly and had my daughter :) It was painful, but well worth it.

Answer 7

I didn't have the gel so I can't tell you anything on that.

But when I went in to be induced They did an IV, blood work, and then started the potoecine (msp). My labor was not progressing so they had to rebreak my water (My water had broken and I did not go into labor myself), then it started to work. It makes the contractions really strong.

I have heard about the gel that it can make you dilate faster, really quickly, but as I said I never had it so I don't really know.

Answer 8

They can try to get your cervix to dilate with cervidil (gel) or cytocec (pill) on the cervix or pitocin which is administered intravenously. The contractions with any combination of those drugs can be very strong and painful. You will have to be on iv and bedrest for the duration of your labor. Sometimes labor doesn't progress even with pitocin or doesn't progress quickly enough in the doctor's opinion and the baby is in distress so an emergency c-section becomes necessary. Good luck.

Answer 9

It just depends on how they do it. I was 42 weeks when I was induced... First they started with putting a pill (sorry cant remember the name) on my cervix every few hours... but it never did anything.. Finally after my anxiety kept me up all night- i got really bad mestral like cramps and thought "gee this sucks... i forgot how much i hate cramps... " and then *bam* i went "oh sh** i'm in labor" .. hehe.. they just kept getting stronger and harder. So anyways.. eventually they gave me pitocin through my IV... but alas... 23 hours later my labor had almost stopped... so weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee .. Induction sucks.

Answer 10

All I remember is something injected into my IV. Shortly after that, contractions came on hard and fast. Inducing should only be done if there is any sign of a problem though.