I will be induced tomorrow morning at 7am!!!!! Yay!!!
As I said in a post this past week, I am very, very ready for the baby to come out. I have been playing the waiting game since last Monday when my OB told me I was already 5cm dilated. To be honest, I cannot believe I didn't go naturally before now. My doctor is just as surprised. My sincere hope is that my body has been working all week on further dilation and effacement; that way once they get me going, things should progress remarkably fast. Fingers crossed!
The big question this time around is whether or not I will go for the epidural. Don't get me wrong, if it was just about pain, I'd be all over that miracle shot. For those around way back when I had Madison, you may remember my 13 Stages of Labor post in which I told you how I was given the joy of epidural and then it was taken away. Consensus is that the epidural drastically slowed down my labor, and that if I had refrained, Madison would have been born 3+ hours earlier.
Shorter labor or less pain? Does it matter if they might take the epidural away regardless? I just can't decide. Any advice?
No advice to give, but I wanted you to know I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! I hope it all goes fast and smoothly.
ReplyDeleteOh baby I KNOW how you are feeling. My daughter burst out almost a month early, FULL SIZED. But my son didn't want to come out, and I was induced. I had heard that pitocin (sp?) made things slower and more painful, I did get the epidural with both of my babies and the labor wasn't too horribly long. I mean, something like 4 or 5 hours, but most was not hard labor. I guess my advice would be to just see how it goes, and not to be afraid to cry uncle. Every labor is different. This kid might fly out once things get moving and you won't need it, but no sense in suffering either. Good luck!!!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, from experience I know that induced labor is far more painful than natural labor. :/ In general, I think labor tends to be longer with epidurals, though. I never had one. They terrified me too much!
ReplyDeleteGood luck at your induction Trisha! I hope you go into labor tonight and dont' end up needing the induction!
Good luck tomorrow!!! So excited for you.
ReplyDeleteI had the opposite experience. My daughter refused to drop, so the epidural helped me relax enough for her to make her way out. So my advice would just be to see how it goes and to trust your instincts after hearing what your doc has to say.
ReplyDeleteYAY BABY! I hope you have an easy delivery tomorrow!
Good luck tomorrow!!!! So exciting!
ReplyDeleteYay! Hope everything goes quick and easy tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm too late for advice but my epidural didn't seem to slow me down the second time. My water didn't break on it's own and once they broke it for me I progressed so quickly (my midwife ran out to get lunch and had to be paged to get back STAT).
ReplyDeleteNeither here nor there because NOW YOU HAVE A BABY IN YOUR ARMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!