If you went past 40 weeks (poll)

[justjen]

I have 2 kids. Both were late. I need more clicks.

[rugbywife]

40+4 with #2. Had to be induced because my water broke and I was GBS+. It was fine, not as horrendous as I thought an induction would be.

Edit: membranes swept twice, I was 4cm when they started pitocin, I had been 4cm since the week prior.

[darnkatz]

I voted for 41w1d spontaneous for my first labor. They gave me pitocin to speed up my contractions, though. Does that make it an induction? I was in active labor when I went in for my NST.

I also went 40w1d spontaneous with my second.

I really didn't do anything other than a lot of walking and eating pineapple with my first. I didn't feel like it did anything, considering I went late and then went on to not do anything with my second (whom I went earlier with, lol). ETA: My midwife did strip my membranes with my first at 38 weeks. Obviously, it did nothing. lol

[meij]

40 weeks 1 day spontaneous with both kids.

[scribellesam]

Water broke on its own at 40w5d. DS1 was born 14 hours later.

I felt like the acupressure labor massage helped me, and I've had several friends swear by acupuncture treatment as well for overdue babies.

[ilikedonuts]

Induced at 40w1d both times

[sjh722]

Spontaneous at 40w 6d.

I walked miles and miles and miles, did evening primrose oil orally and vaginally, red raspberry leaf tea, sat on a birthing ball all the time. I don't think any of it helped.

Sorry you're overdue. It's the pits, especially when you went early with #1.

[timorousbeastie]

I was induced at 40w4d. I was showing signs of cholestasis, plus I have crappy lungs and was having trouble breathing, so we decided to go ahead with the induction. I got pitocin followed by having my water broken, which really got things moving.

[vanillacourage]

VBAC induction at 40w6d. Ended up with RCS because he was huge and had persistent, and then emergent heart decels.

[antoniamarchette]

Spontaneous at 40w3days. I had an appointment that afternoon and scheduled my induction for 3 days later. 2 hours after the appointment contractions started.

[water*drop]

DD: my water broke at 40w2d, and then I was induced because contractions didn't start and my cervix was still closed, etc. With her, I walked a million miles and drank gallons of raspberry leaf tea in the last week or two, and I did vaginal EPO the night my water broke. I don't know if any of it did anything, though I do wonder about the EPO and my water breaking because I've since heard that there may be a link between them.

DS: I had been having painful contractions every 10 minutes apart from 11 pm at 40w3d until I gave up and went in the evening of 40w4d and was admitted because he was having decels with contractions. He was a little transverse and not getting good pressure on my cervix (or something like that), but with lots of coordinated movement in the hospital bed, he turned mostly head down and contractions got closer on their own. He was born at 5:30 am on 40w5d. With him, I walked a million miles and drank gallons of raspberry leaf tea. That clearly did nothing.

[teatimefor2]

I was induced at 40w2d due to an infection at night, he was born vaginally (with the assistance of forceps) 12 hours later.

[cleosprite]

41+3 induced with DS (he wasn't born until 41+5)
40+5 spontaneous with DD. I was scheduled for an induction at 41 weeks.

[mrsGreeko]

41w4d spontaneous, however I had my membranes stripped that day, but I'm 100% sure I was already going into labor when I had it done. I had to fight to get the induction pushed to 41w6d despite there being no medical reason for induction prior to that because of policies.

[hbomdiggity]

Induced at 41w.

Labor kicked in quickly after 1 dose of cytotec, but ended in c-section for failure to progress (labor stalled at 8.5cm 30hrs in).

[jewel]

41w 5d

I was having mild contractions every 10 minutes or so, overnight. I had a regularly scheduled NST the next morning and failed due to decels. I was sent over to L&D, and induced to get things moving more quickly.

He's my first, so I have no other labor/delivery to compare it to, but I thought that the induction part of the process went just fine. I was really happy with how slowly they moved through it, starting with as little intervention as possible. We monitored for a bit first, tried misoprostal, something else I don't remember, a little Pitocin, upped the Pitocin, etc. I was expecting an induction to go 0 - 60 quickly, but I felt like I eased into it. I would not hesitate to be induced again, and would not likely wait until almost 42 weeks next time.

[redheadk]

I was induced with pitocin at 41w, 1d and delivered dd at 41w, 2d.

I had been walking around having contractions and dilated 3cm for weeks. My membranes had been stripped twice. I had to be induced by 41w, 4d due to the weekend and opted for 41w, 1d just because it worked better for me.

My induction went well and though my labor was 21 hours, it was because I have low-isn blood pressure. The epi caused my BP to drop and the pit had to be turned off, halting labor for an hour. When they re-start pit, you have to start over at the beginning. Also, DD wasn't responding to the contractions. No decels, just not doing anything. I ended up needing oxygen to get her to kick it into gear. Once things started moving along, they moved pretty quickly and I delivered her vaginally doing mother-led pushing after an hour of pushing.

[azurely]

I was induced at 40w3d because I had high BP at my weekly appt. She was planning to induce me at 41w if I hadn't gone into labor by then.

My induction was long, but it went fine and I was able to deliver vaginally. I was 80% effaced and 2-3cm dilated before going in. She broke my water and started pitocin at 9am, then I was in labor all day. I was ready to push around 8pm, pushed for three long hours, and he was born a little after 11.

I had two bad tears, lost a lot of blood, and was really woozy for the first 12 hours, and wasn't really back to normal until 48 hours after delivery.

[qcinoct]

41w4d. 11 LONG days past my due date.

I was 0 cm dilated when they started induction the evening of 41w3d. Cervidil that night, and then next AM barely got me to 2cm by early afternoon. OB on duty didn't want to try Pitocin that day so I asked her to try a stretch and sweep. She did that at about 4pm and sent us home for the night. Water broke at home around 5pm, so we headed back to the hospital. Contractions came right on top of one another and I was puking, but still only at 3cm. DS1's heart was deceling a bunch so they told me it was time for a c/s.

when DS2's due date came along and I was not dilated at all, I opted for a rcs on his due date.

[mmmomof2]

Induced with DD1 for low fluids at 39W - I don't think it was necessary bc when they broke my water there was a ton.

DD2 was due 12/14 and I got pressure to induce because it was so close to Christmas. I pushed back and she came naturally (and very fast!) on 12/23 at 41W2D. I went for a long hilly walk on 12/22. I can only imagine how big and insane I looked on that walk.

[thejen626]

I was terrified to be induced with baby #1. I was going past my due date, and the latest they'd let me schedule an induction was 41w3d. I was supposed to go in Saturday night at midnight and be induced.

I started having contractions around 2am on Saturday morning. Very mild all day, every few hours. Around 9pm they started to get serious. I called the hospital and the bitchy nurse wasn't very helpful for if I should go in or not. So we decided to wait until midnight as planned. Around 11:30pm shit got REAL! I was in a lot of pain. We arrived at the hospital at 12:15am. They checked me, I was dilated to 4 and 100% effaced. They said that I wouldn't need to be induced because I was already in active labor with contractions every 20 minutes or so. They estimated baby would be born by 8am.

I called my doula and parents and told them our timeline. Around 1am the OB came in and explained that the baby's heart rate was dropping very low, and discussed a c section. I said that the only thing I cared about was a healthy baby, didn't care about a "birth plan" at all. He came back 20 minutes later and said we were definitely doing a c section. They started prepping around 1:45am and baby was born at 2:30am. She was dark purple because the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck "twice, tight". Afterwards I lost a lot of blood and they were worried about me needing a transfusion.

It was terrifying. I'm so glad they did the c section when they did. She was born at 41w3d.

So, I was happy that my body finally decided to go into labor! But ended up scheduling a repeat c section for #2 because labor was terrifying to me.

[halfpint]

I said spontaneous, but sort induced.

I was scheduled for an induction at 41w, 4d.

They were out of beds, so they were going to call when one was open. In the meantime, I saw an acupuncturist. Within 30 minutes of my visit, I was definitely feeling some major contractions. I walked all over Target, and then up and down the hospital hallways until we got the call it was time to come in.

They didn't end up needing to induce with pitocin, but they did break my water.

[frlcb]

I went 42+1 with both of mine. Induced with first, spontaneous with second

[Brie]

Induced at 41w1d. Born at 41w2d.

[meltoine]

Jun 29, 2015 22:21:11 GMT -5 Maud said:

Induced at 41w2days because I had GD. DS arrived 28 hours later. Induction was long and arduous in spite of the fact that I was very favorable when I went in.

I tried all the old wives tales. None of them worked. In fact, one of my
midwives gave out to me for walking too much because she said it would make me too exhausted for labor.

Someone had an 'induction cocktail' that they mentioned here a few times. I would be interested in trying something like that as a last ditch effort if I'm looking at an induction again. Maybe meltoine

Wasn't me, sorry

My best tips for induction are 1. Have lots of sex, and 2. Plan something super fun to do - Murphy's law dictates that you will never make it because all babies like to ruin awesome plans 

[KKD]

All three of mine were overdue so you have my sympathies!

DD1: 41w3d, induced
DD2: 41w, spontaneous
DS: 40w5d, induced

Both of my inductions were positive, uncomplicated experiences. In hindsight, I would have liked to have waited a few more days with DD1, but with DS I had low fluid and wouldn't have been allowed to wait, which was for the best since his cord was knotted twice. I tried everything short of castor oil to avoid induction – I even ran up until the very end with all three! – but nothing made a difference. 

With DD1, I checked in at 8:30pm the night before, got my first dose of cervadil at 11:00pm, water broke spontaneously at 11:30pm, second dose of cervadil cancelled, pitocin started when my doctor arrived at 7:30am, fully dilated around 1:00pm, baby born at 2:53pm – about 15 hours from the time my water broke.

With DS, I checked in at 10:00pm the night before, first dose of cervadil at 12:00am, second dose at 4:00am, contractions five minutes apart by 5:00am, finally moved from an antepartum room to L&D around 9:30am, went from 5cm to 10cm in about 45 minutes, no pitocin needed, water broke at the very end, baby born at 10:13am – about 5 hours of active labor. 

Good luck, whatever happens!

[lillaguma]

40w6d induced. I was induced because my umbilical cord only had 2 vessels instead of 3. They originally told me they wouldn't let me go past 40w at all, but both the baby and I looked good at that point so they let me go longer in hopes that she would come naturally. She had zero interest in doing so...was still super high, I didn't have any braxton hicks or anything. I was at a 2 when they admitted me to be induced.

[londoncalling]

Induced at 41w due to low fluid. I was not favorable for vaginal delivery at the start of my induction, but delivered vaginally 5 hours after starting pitocin.

Dd2 was born at 41w after I went into labor on my own the night before my scheduled induction. I scheduled my induction and had my membranes stripped at my weekly appointment. Went into early labor a few hours after having my membranes stripped and delivered vaginally. The doctor that stripped my membranes was the one in the practice that all the nurses told me was most successful at it. I know that it's all chance, but it worked for me.

[Cicero]

I showed up to my scheduled induction in active labor. I want to say it was something like 41w 5 days. Just before every intervention they were planning my body did it on its own. By the time they came to talk about pitocin my contractions were too close together for it and my water broke as they were walking into the room to do it.

[lilles]

40 and 6 spontaneously with my second baby and 40 and 2 spontaneously with my third baby.