Getting induced

Hi mumsies! I'm at week 38, and I've been given another week to try to naturally dilate before I get induced. I'm afraid, cos I've heard horrible, painful stories from those who have been induced. If you have been induced before, how was the experience like for you? What part of the induction hurt so bad? For those who weren't induced, what helped with natural dilation? I know sex, squats, walking and curb-walking help, and I'm gonna do them daily for the next 7 days 😂 Edit (update!): I didn't get induced! I had my bloody show at week 38 day 2, after a cervical check, and had contractions the next day. Went to admit myself on Sunday afternoon cos I was having contractions 6-10mins apart. Stayed overnight and was guided by nurses to do lots of walks around the ward and also do deep sumo squats (5x10 secs each)! I feel that helped. I had also been drinking the raspberry leaf tea as well as dates daily. Our bundle of joy came out on 1 April! 😍

Vô danh

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I was tt 3 pill failed induction and ended up in emergency csec case tt the other mummy mentioned lol. Anyway, I was given 1 induction pill, waited for 24h, but only dilated 1 cm. Given 2nd pill, and waited probably 12 hrs? and 2cm. At this pt, the pain was at the level of bad menses cramp, haven't used any painkillers yet. After the 3rd pill, the pain was bad. I took some gas (not sure if it's laughing gas coz it didn't do much for me), some injection for the pain, which didn't help at all, and finally epidural. It was a relief when the epidural kicked in. Then I basically didn't feel anything already. Regardless, my 3rd induction failed coz the baby's heartrate dropped, and doctor advised to do a csec rather than wait. FYI that I was 40w5d at this pt, so I can't exactly wait anymore to give birth naturally.

Vô danh

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Oh and it's really the case tt everyone's experience differs a lot. My colleague also induced, and hers from getting induced to the baby popping out was a mere 5 hrs, but she said it hurt so bad coz the contractions were so strong that the epidural couldn't keep up. In any case, everyone's experience differs. Just do all tt u can to try to avoid induction, and if in the end still need to induce,just go with the flow and don't worry too much, you're in the safe hands of your doctor

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