Induction day (foley balloon)

I was induced with my daughter but didmt habe the balloon but i can tell u pain wose the contractions start straight away . I got my waters broke at 6 am by 6:15 contractions were hitting me real hard

I was also induced and they also did the balloon on me. However, they have to wait until you’re a little dilatad first. it’s weird that they have a set time for it. I would be careful because it just seems like they are trying to push your body to move fast and sometimes that’s not how labor works and it can actually stall it. I was induced and on fluids for 3 whole days. They did the ballon, pitocin and broke my water and I still didn’t progress, at that point I was so uncomfortable and food deprived that I just wanted out of the hospital and agreed to anything that would get me out of there. So be careful with them pushing your body too hard and possibly stalling your labor. As far as pain I don’t remember that hurting at all. The catheter was the most uncomfortable thing for me, I also did epidural when I got to 6cm so I didn’t feel much but everyone is different! The pitocin didn’t do anything for me but other women have said it causes bad contractions 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

I got the foley and it was painful! Way worse than contractions or pushing. If you’re doing medical pain management start early. If not really work on your coping skills so you are prepared. Had mine in for about 6 hours then they took it out and started pitocin. Few hours after that I was ready to pushed and pushed baby after 2 hours of pushing. ( they said that was normal for first time mom but felt long to me) all in all I had a short induction they started at 3pm then baby boy was born 9pm the next day. So just over 24 hours.

I have been induced 3 times now and had no issues with it. Yes contractions on pitocin can be much more painful than without. But I got the epidural and was fine after that.

I didn’t need any cervical help with my first 2. But with my 3rd baby I had to have the balloon placed. It was not painful for me. Them inserting and filling it didn’t cause me any pain. I did have a lot of contractions with it. But they were never so terrible that I couldn’t bare them. They take it out 12 hours later. Or it could fall out on its own. And after mine I was a 5cm

I also was induced (started with cytotec) then had the balloon placed, it was definitely uncomfortable and got me to a 6 and then they broke my water- in the end she had her cord weaved through her legs and couldn’t drop down any further and her heart rate kept dropping with clever contraction so we had to go into emergency c section. Prayers for you and baby!!