How do you feel about Pitocin?

I don’t think you’re overthinking it. Knowing all the risks before your in the middle of it helps, it’s totally up to you if you want to get induced. I personally didn’t want to until baby was in any sort of stress

My mom used pitocin with her first and her labor took days because of it. Simultaneously my best friend used pitocin and her body reacted super well and she did great. Unfortunately it just depends on the person.

I did well with my induction last time. Done on my due date at 40.
I think it's good to know the risks. Depends on how you want birth to go. There is an excitement to not knowing when you go into labor naturally and part of me wishes I had that experience.... But like I said it went well, I was probably very ready because it only took 8 hours from start to birth for me.

If I had a choice I’d rather not be induced. I had a natural labor and an induced one, being induced was really painful in my experience. But if it’s medically necessary I would do it.

Is there a particular reason they’re suggesting an induction?? Usually pitocin is used when you’re already dilated so I’m really confused as to why it’s being suggested for then especially as they won’t know if you’re dilated and/or unsure if they’ve discussed other means of dilating your cervix. Other than that I was induced with pitocin for my first. I had a sweep at 39+6 and was 3cm dilated. The next day I was induced. I had a difficult birth and it was hard to say whether the pitocin had a role in that or not. I had other interventions: AROM, episiotomy (x2), vac & forceps (attempted and failed). I also haemorrhaged after birth and lost 1.5lts of blood. I was offered an early epidural but refused, I had gas/air & morphine injection which just made me spacey. From the time pitocin was started to the time my baby was in my arms was just under 4hrs. If you have any questions let me know, I’m happy to share more on what I experienced but its great you’re seeking more info ❤️

there is no reason, she told me that Baby and I are perfectly stable and healthy. But I do have a cyst on one of my ovaries but it’s stable and she said it’s nothing to worry about until baby is born. So I’m not sure her main reason of asking if I want to be induced. :/

in all honesty hun if you’re both healthy I wouldn’t. I had my second naturally and it was so much easier.

Pitocin is a black label medication that is routinely also used after labor to “shrink your cervix and prevent hemmoraging” The hospital I was going to give birth at tried to tell me it was policy; but they cannot force you ( although ive known people they didnt tell before administering it in the IV). Black label is the most dangerous label a medication can get; and the reasons are numerous. Ill link the insert for it, but heres the highlights:
1)There are no animal or human studies on the carcinogenicity and mutagenicity of this drug, nor is there any information on its effect on fertility for mother or baby.
2) The possibility of increased blood loss and afibrinogenemia should be kept in mind when administering the drug.
Severe water intoxication with convulsions and coma has occurred, associated with a
slow oxytocin infusion over a 24-hour period. Maternal death due to oxytocin-induced water intoxication has been reported…

3) Oxytocin is indicated to produce uterine contractions during the third stage of labor and to control postpartum bleeding or hemorrhage. Notice how it says to control, not to prevent
4) Theres a coorelation between pictocin and post partum depression. Those results were supported by a large population-based study (n=46,732) showing peripartum synOT exposure was associated with a significant 32% increased risk (CI: 1.23–1.42) of postpartum depression
4.8 Undesirable Effects
The following adverse events have been reported in the mother and fetus/infant: -Gastrointestinal: Nausea, vomiting in mother.
-Cardiovascular: Cardiac arrhythmia in mother and fetus, fetal bradycardia, hypertensive episode in mother, ventricular premature contractions in mother and fetus.
-Endocrine, metabolic: Water intoxication syndrome: Water intoxication has occurred, particularly with the following conditions: slow infusions 24 hours, continuous infusions in electrolyte-free solutions, and large doses….

continuous infusions in electrolyte-free solutions, and large doses (40 to 50 mU/min) infused for long periods.
-Hematologic: Fatal afibrinogenemia in mother. -Hepatic: Neonatal jaundice.
Immunologic: Anaphylaxis in mother.
-Neurologic: Maternal convulsions, coma, and death due to oxytocin-induced water intoxication have been reported. Subarachnoid hemorrhage in mother, permanent CNS or brain damage in fetus, fetal death, neonatal seizures.
-Ophthalmic: Neonatal retinal hemorrhage.
-Renal: Pelvic hematoma in mother.
-Reproductive: Postpartum hemorrhage, rupture of uterus in mother. Excessive dosage or sensitivity to oxytocin may result in uterine hypertonicity, spasm, tetanic contraction, or rupture of the uterus.
Other: Low Apgar score at 5 minutes in neonate
-Plus it can cause hypertension and therefore preeclampsia

Plus theres a connection between PPD and potocin and there are no studies that show that inducing after 40 weeks lowers the stillbirth likelyhood.

https://labeling.pfizer.com/ShowLabeling.aspx?id=14829

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2014/018261s031lbl.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7526479/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7389871/

I’ve been induced with pitocin with two kids so far and will probably need it for this one too. No complications and no c sections. 😊

DO NOT GET INDUCED!!!! I was and all that happened to me to where when I had my emergency c section my daughter wasn’t breathing anymore they brought her back but now I’m a HUGE advocate on NOT BEING INDUCED idc what good stories I hear I was so close to losing my rainbow baby if I made it to birth just to lose her I don’t know what I would have done

From the research I’ve done, I personally wouldn’t be induced unless it was medically necessary for my health or my baby’s. The Evidence-Based Birth website has good information on elective inductions that you can read. You can also ask your provider what your Bishop’s Score is which is a score based on how dilated you are before being induced and some other factors that can help predict how successful an induction is likely to be.

With my first, we did use pitocin to speed up labor since my water broke early and after 24 hrs my contractions still weren’t strong enough to be dilating my cervix very much, but I was already exhausted. In my particular case, I think without the pitocin to speed up my labor(and the eventual epidural), I would have been too worn out to push my baby out. As it was, even with the pitocin, it was 36 hours start to finish.

This being said to say that I think pitocin has a time and place to be used effectively.