2007-10-16 21:02:06 · 5 answers · asked by myckie 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Increased risk of:
Foetal distress
Blood pressure problems for mother
Prolonged labour
Iatrogenic prematurity
Epidural Anaesthesia
Reactions to drugs
Uterine Hyperstimulation
Uterine Rupture
Foetal malpositioning
Vaccuum (ventouse) delivery
Forceps delivery
Episiotomy
Emergency Caesarean Section
Induction carries risks, and should only be carried out when the risks of continuing with the pregnancy outweigh them.
2007-10-17 01:05:41 · answer #1 · answered by Up-side-down 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a few myself. My water broke, and there were no contractions at all. So they had 2 induce. The contractions finally came and went and back again. But they never got regular, on no timing they would creep up and last for over 5 minutes then It would continue 3 or 4 times. But after that it would be another 30 minutes before another came. Finally I dilated a little. As labor went on the contractions got closer together but still irregular they were still lasting long. Finally the dr. took the induction medicine out of my iv cuz it was unbearable pain with nonstop contracting that was putting unsafe stress on the baby. So they let me go all by myself 4 a while I walked. After that labor went alot smoother but it ended up lasting over 24 hours. In the end I bled a lot more than I should have because of the meds they put in the iv stressed the baby and caused unsafe bleeding internally. Everything turned out ok in the end. because I had excellent dr. and nurse care. So if u have great care and the staff knows what they r doing u r safe. If u have 2 do it then do it, they will be standing by to intervene if anything seems unnormal. But remember 2 have good communication with your nurse so that if anything seems fine 2 u may not be fine 2 the nurse. Just make sure u tell them everything, even if u r on good drugs, be sure 2 communicate it all. U will be just fine. Good wishes, and congratulations:)
2007-10-17 04:24:31 · answer #2 · answered by nievity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For one thing your chance of C-Section goes up to 75%. Also, a lot of women have more intense contractions that don't start out at low intensity and build, they just peak immediately. The contractions can be more painful because the pitocin they use to induce you is an artificial hormone, so it doesn't stimulate your body to produce endorphins to help with your pain, as the natural hormone that begins labor does. You have to have the fetal monitor on constantly as inducing can put more stress on the baby. Inducing can cause your labor to be very slow, although sometimes it speeds it up. I was induced and I went so fast there wasn't even time for an epidural.
2007-10-17 06:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by AliDawn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was induced with my first baby due to a placenta that was dying around 40 weeks. I had not started to dialate or anything yet which makes induction even that much harder so keep that in mind. They tried prostaglandin gel...nothing, cytotec pill...nothing, then the lovely pitocin. I went in to the hospital for my induction Monday morning around 6 and it was well into Tuesday evening before they started pitocin. I was so tired. The pitocin definitely made me contract but still nothing was happening to my cervix. It was very early Wednesday morning (around 1am) and they were going to stop it because my contractions were so strong and nothing was happening. They gave me one more hour to change and I did. I was dialated to "1 and a wiggle". Then when they came in 2 hours later I was dialated to 6cm and things were progressing rapidly. He was born at around 8 Wednesday morning. My contractions never let up though. There were peaks but no real "valleys". My epidural didn't work so they took it out and the pain was absolutely horrible. I have nothing to compare it to since that was my first baby and I'm waiting for baby #2 to decide he's cooked but I think that the pain is probably worse for an induction because the contractions are on streroids in a way. It is not at all a pleasant experience but I'm pregnant with my second so it wasn't bad enough that I'm not willing to do it again. One of the reasons they were going to send me home was because I was at risk of my uterus rupturing because of the strength of the contractions and nowhere for the pressure to really go. I hope this helps you. Just remember that no matter how your baby is born it will be unpleasant but very well worth it. Good luck!
2007-10-17 04:20:40 · answer #4 · answered by Chelsea H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are many but the biggest one is just to end up with a emergancy C section. If you dont dilate and the contractions start to bother the baby and make his/her heart rate drop then they will bring you in and cut the baby out. thats the most common and usually the end result of complications.
That and usually they are long labors.
2007-10-17 04:29:13 · answer #5 · answered by resqshanna 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋