Inductions ending in c section!

Curious to know how many peoples induction processes haven’t worked and have ended in a c section! Seems to be happening a lot here at Norwich hospital! X

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Mine did 🫠

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I know 5 people over 2 years who’ve had inductions. All ending in c sections at nnuh. I know it’s not the hospital fault necessarily and probably just a coincidence but 🙃

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Me

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Two days of induction, nothing changed with my cervix, quite strong tightenings over the two days. Ended in cat 3 (lowest) emergency c section.

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Mine did!

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Not me - I worried it would but balloon and gel worked well though it’s a waiting game

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Not mine it worked perfectly fine and my baby was back to back so difficult Labour , I think the problem is that most people will talk and shout about bad experiences not the good ones x

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I had hormone drip. I also had forceps, vacuum and then end in section. I know 4 other people in the last 3 weeks to have sections x

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Mine didn’t end in c section but ended in episiotomy and forceps x

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Me. X

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My waters naturally went but I didn’t contract properly so had to start induction 18 hours later, and after 2 days and getting 2 9cms they told me she was in a weird position that wouldn’t allow me to get to 10cm so I ended up in an emergency c section

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Mine

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You should do a poll to get some stats

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Mine was more of an assisted induction as I was already in labour but stuck at 3cm
Was induced to move things along but worked :)

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Not me, i had contractions and my waters broke over 24 hours I was only 2cm so I have had 4 hours hormone drip until i got to 10cm and pushed baby out without any issues or pain relief, some ladies run out of energy when it's time to push, or baby is too big or baby gets tired so they decide for section.

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Not me mine was successful and vaginal birth x

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Mine did. Induced with 24hour pessary which fell out after about 13 hours with bloody show. I was 4cm sent to labour ward. Got to 6cm, waters broke but my little one had pood inside me. 10 hours later after gas&air, pethidine, epidural and 2 hormone drips, I was still stuck at 6cm and had to be rushed to theatre x

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Not me, thought it was going to as babies heartbeat was dipping but had ventouse delivery instead, had the balloon induction x

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Mine did but only because I got stuck at 6cm after 16.5 hours, the actual induction worked and I had my waters broken, the drip just didn’t work properly for me and wasn’t bringing contractions close enough together xx

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Me after 6 days in hospital

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Mine ended in emergency c section- traumatic!!!

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I had an induction after my waters broke at 36+6. Was induced with gel and then put on the hormone drip later on. When it came to pushing baby became distressed and intervention was needed. I was VERY close to needing a c section but they decided to try forceps first, and thankfully that worked! But it was super close

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Mine ended with c-section, 55 hour labour and no pain relief seemed to work so they had to put me under on general anaesthetic which was pretty devastating.

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Mine did , I was induced for 28 hours that ended in c section x

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Mine didn’t but needed episiotomy and the section cup x

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Mine ended in c section with forceps

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Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

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Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

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