Ant

My wife is booked into to be induced next Thursday for our first child.

The baby will be 38 weeks.

Anyone gone through this how long did take? Anything I should be worried about?

With a week to go I'm slightly cacking myself.

Dingdongler

Everybodies experience of this will be different and nobody can give you a time as to how long the labour will last. It could be 4 hours it could be 36 hours and end up in a C Section.

It usually goes a little like this

1) Break your waters using a little hook (not painful)

2) Start a drip containing a drug called syntocinon which causes contractions

3) If the cervix is unfavourable insert some hormone pessaries to sort it out.

The contractions can be a little painful and you maybe offered an epidural if your wife finds them difficult to cope with.

Best of luck to you both

Ant

thanks , we're totally in the dark the nurse's this way are useless

Dingdongler

No probs. Feel free to ask away if you have other concerns.

ScoobyWon't

Hope you're not going to Kings Killer Mill. You'd be better off at Field Mill!!!

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r32

My wife says it should be like any other labour but the start may be a little abrupt.
You really should have been given a leaflet explaining it all.
Good luck to all three of you........................

hodgy0_2

hope all goes well -- it is the most exciting week of your life, enjoy it

r32

Watch out for the contraptions......

Ant

we didn't get the option or i would of took it

no leaflet nothing! they really are shocking

thanks for the comments, hoping it's a quick labour so back in time for idiot abroad

Snazy

Fingers crossed for you all mate, good luck with it.
Hope Kell don't have labour like my little ones mum lol

Lee247

You just reminded me of one of my fav jokes. Sorry if it's a sial, but I like it

A married couple go to hospital together to have their baby delivered. When they arrive, the doctor says they have just taken delivery of a new machine which transfers a portion of the mother's pain to the father.
"Would you be willing to try it out?" asks the doctor.
"Yes of course," says the husband, who is very much a Sensitive New Age Guy. As the woman goes into labour, the doctor sets the machine to 10 per cent and asks the man if it hurts.
"No, it's fine," he says. The doctor raises the setting to 20 per cent. "Still okay," says the man. The doctor gradually lifts the setting to 50 per cent. The husband closes his eyes and grits his teeth, but insists he can cope without any problem, so the doctor raises it gradually to 75 per cent.
"I can take it," says the husband. "Give me the full 100 per cent." So the doctor does, and the wife bears the baby with no pain at all. The doctor goes off to write up the case for The Lancet, while the couple take their baby home.
When they get home they find the postman lying dead on the doorstep.

Sorry antc, and best of luck to you both

When I was giving birth to my daughter, labour slowed down, so they injected something to bring the labour back on track.
I have no idea what they did, but Jesus, it was intense. It still took another 14 hours to birth her and she was worth every second. I doubt the other half would agree, as his hand was black and blue from my gripping it.
All births are different, mine were ghastly, but hey, look what you get at the end of it all

hodgy0_2

in the womens case -- I hear the pain goes immediatly

for the father -- it just begins,

Trout

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Just curious (nosy) why is she being induced at 38 weeks - seems early!

andy97

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+ or - 2 weeks as far as I know is normal, unless an medical issues has caused them to bring forward the birth. Big head comes to mind

Ant

gestational diabetes

Trout

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Good luck with it all - I am sure it will be fine

Mikej857

All I can add to this is the first birth is always the longest my wife was in labour for 18 hours and then the our second child was born in just 4 hours.

Ant

i hope so she has to go everyday this week to have blood tests or urine (can't remember)and blood pressure, for pre-eclampsia

Ant

she's hoping for a quick birth but she's don't think it's going to go that well.

Wednesday i'll be getting no sleep due to the excitement and nerves

chocolate_o_brian

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Can't really offer any advice mate but I genuinely wish you the best of luck. My Natalie is at 19 weeks now and getting the baby bump, really starting to seem real now to us

Hope it goes well bud.

chocolate_o_brian

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Can't really offer any advice mate but I genuinely wish you the best of luck. My Natalie is at 19 weeks now and getting the baby bump, really starting to seem real now to us

Hope it goes well bud.

borderlinechris

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the wife had to be induced and ended up getting an emergency c-section, sitting having my breakfast when the phone goes, get my **** over to hospital and scrubbed up, walk into recovery room and my daughter gets handed to me!!! wife was still in theatre slowly coming round. nearly lost her(heartbeat dropped a lot, so she got pulled out the quick way) both fine now, and so proud of them both!! best thing ever to happen to me, even when its 2 in the morn and you`re wanting to go back to bed.. a little giggle/smile and you realise what its all about!!

Frosticles

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My wife had to be induced with our second child. She was at the City Hospital in Nottingham and I can't praise them enough
As said, A little hook on a stick is used to break the waters. My wife did find this painful though as she started shaking straight afterwards. She then had to have an epidural to ease the pain whilst I had a good go on the gas and air
Labour took probably six hours and went as planned. The best of luck to you both.

Mitchy260

I will be honest with you, it will 'probably' be the most stressful time of your life.

Baby number 1... Labour for 12hrs, horrendous pain, back to back, missus screaming for her life and almost given up, baby was stuck, had to be rushed to another hospital, they got him out with forceps, a couple of stitches down below due to tear. First experience, I felt useless, sat in a chair, unable to help and was in tears.

Baby number 2, 12hrs of labour to get to 10cm dilated followed by another 12hrs of pushing at 10cm dilated, baby was even more stuck than the 1st 1, and was just not going to come out that way.
Missus really didnt want to have a section but there was no choice, little lad was having problems, heart rate was going through the roof, emergency section.

Again far too emotional, thoughts of the both of them not making it, a cesarean section although very common is a major operation.

Baby number 3, very hard first 12hrs, lots of vomiting and went from 2cm to 4cm dilated in that time. Within 10mins of being 4cm dilated, it just happened, 10cm dilated, around 15 or so hard pushes and the wee 1 was out. However, this was by far the worst pain wise apparently, it looked like a battlefield hospital, the bed was soaked through with puddles and i mean large puddles of blood. It's as if the midwife had used a chainsaw on her to get the baby out. She said the pain was horrendous, more so than the others and she was giving up.

Again I was sat in the corner trying to hold back the tears as the amount of pain she was displaying was horrendous, she actually said, she would rather die.

Blood, mucus, sh*te everywhere, not a nice view.

Although it doesn't answer your question about an induced labour, it does highlight that for me anyway it was the most stressful and emoptional times of my life.

I have heard that induced labour is supposed to be more severe, more painful, more dangerous as the body is being forced rather than doing it itself naturally.

Saying all that, an hour or 2 later, all is forgotten and you're the most happiest, most proudest person on the planet.

Ant

Thanks for the honest replies , there's just a pub up to road so I'll be definitely having a drink after

Hysteria1983

First bit of advice, get the mrs to call her midwife and ask her to fill you in, fear of the unknown is the worst!

Being a woman who's had two labours, one with drugs and intervention, and one without drugs and no intervention she is best trying to manage with as little pain releif as possible. That's easy for me to say as I was 5cm and the midwife wanted to send me home until I demanded an examination!

Get her to start drinking some rasperry leaf tea, it may help with the contractions, but it will help after the birth.

As for first time labours being long, yes, generally they are. Also induction does have a higher rate of c sections.

You really need to speak to one of the consultants and get some facts.

My daughter was breech (swine) and was badgered for a c section, but I didn't want major surgery on the day my child was being born!

Good luck, if you want any more help, or have questions I will happily spill the beans.

"Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best" - Lance Corporal Evans

Leslie

We have not had that experience so I can't give any advice.

I do wish all three of you all the best and hope it all goes smoothly.

Les