Prosteglandin gel anyones doctor use it? did it work? how many cm were you? the induction gel.?

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Prosteglandin gel anyones doctor use it? did it work? how many cm were you? the induction gel.
I got one dose a few days ago i was almost 2cm dilated before they gave it too me. Im measuring at 42 weeks and im only 41 weeks. The prosteglandin gel just gave me contractions for about an hour and the next day lost a little bit of my mucus plug. its been a few days since they gave me the gel and nothing has happend i get another dose tommarow should it work? I've tryd evreything too have this baby sex, cleaning, walking,black and blue cohosh, nippple stimulation, castor oil nothing is working ive tryd evreything help! Even rasberry tea! the baby hasnt even dropped?

Answer 1

My midwife used the prostaglandin gel to help ripen my cervix, but it won't make you go into labor.

To be induced with medication you would have to be given pitocin through an IV.

If you are at 41 weeks you can talk to your doctor about induction, but many doctors will let the pregnancy progress until 42 weeks if all is well with mother and baby - no signs of distress.

Answer 2

Prostaglandin gel isn't an induction medication - it is a cervical ripening medication. There's a difference. Ripening just helps make the cervix soft and more favorable to dilation once labor starts, or if you're induced with pitocin.

Have they scheduled you, or talked to you about induction at all? If you're induced, they will either break your bag or start pitocin through an IV, or both.