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<blockquote data-quote="JessP" data-source="post: 848585" data-attributes="member: 50279"><p>Hi Lolli. I was induced at 37 weeks. Had pessary put in at 7pm on the weds, started contracting at about 10pm that evening...they continued for 20hrs but didn't increase (although I maxed out on tablet painkillers so I thought it was pretty bad!). I spent the next day climbing flights of stairs and doing lunges (with my husband holding me with each contraction). That evening I was examined (still 1cm dilated, ggrr), given a sweep. My waters then broke at about 9pm and the contractions really picked up at that point. After about 30mins I had a hypo of 2.0 which I couldn't get to come up with oral stuff (was feeling really sick with contractions and gas and air which didn't help) so at this point they took me to delivery suite, and put me on a sliding scale. I was examined at 10pm, was 4cm and requested an epidural but this was delayed by an hour as the anaesthetist was busy. When she arrived an hour later to do the epidural I was fully dilated (so didn't need it) and Rosie arrived just after midnight after a normal delivery. I had been against a sliding scale before hand but in the end I didn't even notice. As I'm an obstetrician myself I had fully anticipated everything to go wrong but it all worked out find in the end! </p><p>Good luck tomorrow! I hope it goes well and can't wait to hear that your wee girl has arrived safely and you are well. Xxx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JessP, post: 848585, member: 50279"] Hi Lolli. I was induced at 37 weeks. Had pessary put in at 7pm on the weds, started contracting at about 10pm that evening...they continued for 20hrs but didn't increase (although I maxed out on tablet painkillers so I thought it was pretty bad!). I spent the next day climbing flights of stairs and doing lunges (with my husband holding me with each contraction). That evening I was examined (still 1cm dilated, ggrr), given a sweep. My waters then broke at about 9pm and the contractions really picked up at that point. After about 30mins I had a hypo of 2.0 which I couldn't get to come up with oral stuff (was feeling really sick with contractions and gas and air which didn't help) so at this point they took me to delivery suite, and put me on a sliding scale. I was examined at 10pm, was 4cm and requested an epidural but this was delayed by an hour as the anaesthetist was busy. When she arrived an hour later to do the epidural I was fully dilated (so didn't need it) and Rosie arrived just after midnight after a normal delivery. I had been against a sliding scale before hand but in the end I didn't even notice. As I'm an obstetrician myself I had fully anticipated everything to go wrong but it all worked out find in the end! Good luck tomorrow! I hope it goes well and can't wait to hear that your wee girl has arrived safely and you are well. Xxx [/QUOTE]
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