Getting induced on Thursday. Anyway to know it will work?

Question

I am being induced on Thursday and I want to know if there is any possible way to know it will take? None of this let nature take it's course crap either please

This is my 4th child and I was induced with my other 3 and it never took. I was induced on the 14th with my olddest. She came the 25th. On the 27th with my 2nd. She came the 4th. The 15th with my 3rd. She came the 30th.

Answer 1

If they're inducing you, you won't leave the hospital without a baby. It may take a couple of days, though.

I was induced for my first... they started Friday morning and I had her Saturday night.

Answer 2

Well I was induced with both of my children. I got to the hospital around 8am both times they started the Pitocin and by 2pm I had the baby. The pitocin didn't kick in until 11 to 12. They were both very easy deliveries. I have been told that the contraction from pitocin are alot more intense. I'm not sure I don't have anything to compare them to. Alot of women in my family were induced with Pitocin none of them didn't work. My advice is if you are going to get an epidural ask the doc to put it in the middle of your back instead of your lower. This relieves alot of the contraction pains. Good luck it should be quicker labor than if you went naturally. After the contractions actually started they came in broke my water and it seemed like only a few minutes before everything was over. I don't see any reason for your induction not to work.

Answer 3

Inducing will work, and if for some reason it doesn't, they will do a C-section. My body didn't cooperate very well. After 27 hours from the start of induction I finally gave birth. They were about to prep me for c-section because I wouldn't fully dilate and the doctor said, lets give it one push to see if that'll make you dilate that last half centimeter and they said it did. Though, I probably should of had the C-section....I tore really bad (4th degree) Baby was much too big for my little body. But all is good, I had an epidural so no pain. The pain from the tear was all forgotten within a few days.
Oh and I was all for that let nature take its course, until 19 days past my due date....I wanted that induction, good thing too because she was probably a little over done @ 9 lbs 3 oz.

Answer 4

is this ur first? if it is have they offered you a membrane sweep? if not then they will insert a pessary tablet, although with first babies they may need to do it more than twice where as with 2nd+ babies your body has already done the labour and birth before. With inductions you will know if it works coz the contractions get strong quick, instead of with natural labour they start off mild. they do stick you on the monitor to see if your in labour or not too. i had a natural labour with my 1st and was in labour for 36 hours but with my 2nd i was induced and was only in labour for about 5/6 hours! they had to insert 2 tabs though. one good thing bout being induced is its over with quicker. All the best

Answer 5

There's really no way to know if it will work or not. I got induced when I was 39 weeks. I wasn't dialated at all when I went in. They gave me cervidil for 12 hours and then they started pitocin. I was having contractions and was dialated 1 cm but then my baby moved up so it would have been very dangerous to break my water. I had to get a c-section.

Answer 6

Induction will work, no doubt about it, but be prepared for anything. I was induced with my first. First dose of medicine was given at 9am on the 28th, and after a very long day, and a very long night, she was born via emergency c-section at 11:28am on the 29th. In response to the lady who said to ask for cytotec... Don't do it!!! I was induced with cytotec, and it was proven that is why I had to have an emergency c-section. The FDA warns that cytotec should not be used for induction due to serious adverse affects including maternal and foetal death, severe vaginal bleeding, and shock. The only approved use of cytotec is for treating ulcers. Good LUck

Answer 7

The best way to predict if an induction will be successful is to know your Bishops score. This is a measure of how favorable you are for induction, based on the effacement, dilation, position, and consistency of your cervix and the station of the baby.

PP indicated that Cytotec is the way to go and I'd beg to differ. It is not formulated or tested or approved for use in labor induction. Especially if it's taken in the way she suggests (getting some for husband's heartburn and taking it oneself), it could be extremely dangerous.

Answer 8

I've never heard of a case where inducing didn't work. My sister was induced with her first three and I was induced with my son. They were all born within 36 hrs of the drip starting.

Answer 9

Oh yea it will work. you will def have the baby within 24 hours of being induced. I was enduced on a Wed at around 10-11 pm and had the baby at 9:27 am on Thursday.

Answer 10

No way to know for sure. You could start using evening primrose oil right away. Then maybe you won't have to get induced. You have to prick the ends of the capsules and insert them into your vagina. The oil will soften your cervix and hopefully start labor.