Induction or Planned C-Section

This is so weird but I've just posted a very similar question 😂 I'm 33 weeks and on Metformin and also want to know what people's experiences have been C-section and induction!

I'm more worried just because induction usually ends in an emergency c section (to my knowledge) :(

I was offered the same due to baby measuring large at 39 weeks .

I opted for a C section because unfelt induction wasn’t the right call for me . In most of what I read and heard from people inductions are successful when you are ready to birth anything else often result in an emergency c section anyway and that was something I never wanted .

So it boils down to what you want . As for my c section experience I cannot emphasise on what a positive experience it was . The whole day was such a calm experience. Yes recovery is longer than if you birthed vaginally but again this comes down to each individual. Happy to have a chat if you need xx

I chose induction. I desperately didn’t want a C-section if I could avoid it. There was many reasons for this, to name a few (the recovery time, husband go to work after two weeks I live very rurally and not being able to drive wouldn’t be ideal to say the least.)
I was very happy with my choice, it all went really smoothly and had a very healthy boy. In all honesty it was not as bad as I was expecting.

However, it’s a very personal choice!

I had a baby in August the moment I walked into the consultants room I was offered an elective section..I said no and I really regret saying no because my induction ended up in a mechanical delivery in theater with a spinal and episiotomy..my 1st baby was an emergency section after a failed induction too

I was on very low units overnight insulin and otherwise diet controlled GD. Only ever had 2 high readings after I was diagnosed at 25 weeks. Baby measured 55th percentile and no worries about fluid amounts. So I declined induction up to 41+5. I did accept induction at that point because the doctors ramped up the pressure. I do regret it (pitocin drip was much too intense for me and baby, baby went into distress after only 4 hours on drip, emergency c section). However my regret is with the gift of hindsight, and I recognise its easy for me to say that after the fact. When you're in it, the pressure and risks feel much scarier than when you have your baby in your arms. It's a really hard decision. Just remember you can always change your mind, even the day of. Nothing is set in stone.

After having a failed induction, I would never ever ever risk my life like that again. I ended up in labour for days, my son’s heart rate dropping due to the hormone drip, his head swelling and then into emergency surgery. After that came a blood transfusion and not even being able to hold my son for hours because I was out of it. I wish I was more educated on inductions and it’s my biggest regret in life

Tbf I had a lot of issues that probably led to it happening first failed induction the cord was wrapped round the babys neck 4 times so he was never going to be born naturally,second baby came at 26 weeks because my 1st labour had damaged my cervix..my last induction i had an 18 year gap between babys and I was 39 so just don't feel like my body knew what to do..my consultant insisted I had to be induced at 39 weeks due to my age,but another doctor on ward rounds said there was no need and she wouldn't of had me induced that early..supose its like anything we look back on there's always things we'd do differently..I feel like my recovery from my emergency section was far better than my episiotomy though

I had severe constipation after the birth and the pain from that pulling on the incision was the worst pain ive ever had in my life..i have a condition where I'll have the pain of gallbladder attacks without a gallbladder for life and even that pain wasnt as bad as the pulling on my stitches 😅