It was nearly 7 years ago I had my son but I will try my best to recall the day in question for you in hopes it helps
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I was induced at 38 weeks , scan prior showed no distress everything healthy , and baby at a good weight so not too big
I went to the hosp , was kept waiting for a hours but it was mad busy at the hosp ,at the end of that day I was told I would need to be transferred via ambulance tomorrow to be induced at a hospital 30-40 miles away with a special care unit as the ward was just too busy to induce me etc even tbough I'd been kept waiting all day promised for something to be started , I was told when I came in naturally I was already 2cm dilated (was news to me I couldn't feel a thing to be honest ) so that was good news , so early the next morning I was transferred to Winchester hospital where I was brought into a public labour ward with woman in labour etc was given lunch and a run through on what was going to happen (at this point was panicked as my oh was yet to arrive 45 mins away ... I was then taken to a private room when a pessary /gel was inserted .. As soon as doc took his hand out I could feel active contractions which makes sense as I was already 2cm gone naturally , they continued periodically (prob hourly or so) whilst I was taken back to the public labour ward , waiting for my oh to arrive at this point I did feel scared to be alone (we were told I wouldn't be induced until later afternoon at which point my oh had to gather my hosp bag car seat etc to bring it etc but I was induced much earlier than expected hence being alone ) as the afternoon went on with some checks from nurses by the time my oh got there I was in agony with fairly regular contractions ... Still manageable though Inbetween , after I'd been to toilet I was in real shone at which point they still wouldn't bring me to a private room as I was 3-4 cm dilated ...after some moaning and pacing Contractions then got much closer becoming back to back with no breaks Inbetween (which generally happens with induction ) at that pint I was the loudest on the ward and taken into a private room thankgod ! At this point I was now 5-6 cm dilated which was v quick !! They manually broke my waters at this point , I had gas and air which made me sick in labour ,then had an epidural , it made no difference to me though (works for some but not others) ...also at this point I wasn't even considering my blood sugars as I was on a sliding scale so just had to trust the doctors here ... My main concern was the back to back contractions here ...my body was becoming exhausted at this point and was almost time to push ... Baby was fine as he was being monitored too , docs panicked and brought me down for emergency c sec ... I was pretty drowsy at this point though...in the end the nurse insisted she thought I was capable of a vagibal birth myself ...so for the last stretch I had another epidural and a pethidine injection which took all the pain away entirely I was also told at this point my sugars were a tad low hence my struggle so had more Iv glucose and had to eat biccues in active labour ! Still it did the trick I was fine baby was fine ... I'm greatful I had the epidural and pethidine as I was cut but felt nothing nor did I whilst pushing which was a relieve ! He was born at 7.04 pm after being induced at 6 am that day ...(Iv tried to cut a long story a bit short but I felt like my labour was v quick ) he was born at 7lb 3oz
blood sugars completely stable at birth and the hours after , mine however were very low which was in my control after , all in all my exp of sliding scale was good and I felt in good hands , no major complication in delivery and no big waiting for labour after my induction
I'm pregnant with my second and I'm confident with being induced again ...I just hope I don't have to be transferred again that was really my annoyance as I was alone for the start of my induction ...apart from that was very happy and had a healthy baby boy at a good weight
Sorry of Iv rambled and not been much help here my memory is hazey too
Goodluck it's going to be amazing xx