I am supposed to be induced Wednesday night but i am nervous about it can you ladies share your induction experience…

are u going to get the epidural?? i was induced wensday.

I don't plan on it @mrs.rcleveland

ok....i hope it goes fast for u. it wasnt horrible. they start the pitocin and ur contractions will get strong as hell....i never planned on an epidural but after 22 hours of natural labor i was to exhausted and had to get the epidural so try to always be open to what is best for u and the baby. .....good luck and hope u have a fast labor and delivery time 😊

mine was WONDERFUL the easiest birth out of the 3 I've had so far, went in, got IV, started pitocin, was given my epidural and slept until it was time to push, I don't even remember being checked but my mom said they checked me a few times, I woke up to pressure in my bottom like I had to poop and I opened my legs my mom saw his head and ran to get the Dr, 3 pushes and he was out

I posted mine a while ago so I'll just copy and paste it lol "On the 1st, I got a call for my preeclampsia results. They wanted me to come in! So obviously something was wrong. The dr said I had mild preeclampsia, and they're going to induce me that night. He sent me home to get ready and come back, at 6:30 that day we went back and around 8 they inserted a gel that thins and helps my cervix get ready for labor. I contracted ALL night, 1-3 minutes apart! Then in the morning, August 2nd, they checked me and I was a 2 and a half. They decided to do another gel hoping that would really get things going before they started pitocin. They inserted it at I wanna say 8, which made my contractions 10x worse then the night before! I could barley handle them! They checked me around 11 and I was a 3 and a half. So they started pitocin around 12, and I was a 4. I decided to get the epidural while I was getting the pitocin because I knew it was going to make my contractions even worse and I couldn't handle that. The epidural honestly didn't hurt! It was just weird and uncomfortable. They were going to break my water at 2 pm but I felt it trickle around 1:30 by itself, so they decided to wait a little while hoping after my water broke that I would dilate more. Around 4, they checked me and I was still a 4 and she felt my water bag still kinda intact, I guess it was just leaking, it didn't break completely. So she broke it with her fingers and instantly I went to a 4 and a half. Then they decided once again to see if that would help me dilate, they checked again around 5 something and I was a 5. Then around 6 something, she checked me again and laughed and said "you're ready to have a baby"

I went from a 4 to 10 in 2 hours! She let baby slowly come down on his own before I started pushing, and around 7:10 I started pushing, but couldn't feel anything at all (thank god for that epidural) the dr said she knew I would tear so she was going to give me an episiotomy so it would go faster. I could feel his head coming out with my hand, it was so freaky! Almost an hour of pushing and he came out at 8:02

I didn't even push him out, my last few contractions did that for me since he was so close! His cord was around his neck and he was grunting instead of crying so they had to give him an oxygen mask, and if it continued he'd go to NICU but he started crying and breathing fine 3 minutes later! I bawled like a baby hearing him cry! We did skin on skin for two hours. A couple hours ago the epidural wore off and now I can feel everything, the stitches, tear, my stomach feels weird from being all empty and working so hard. But it was all worth it to have this little man in my arms 💓💓 induction isn't as bad as they say it is. I'm honestly so blessed to have had such an easy and smooth labor and delivery 😇"

thank you guys @mrs.rcleveland @mrshamilton830 @bentleysmomma