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Yesterday my first baby was finally born

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Originally posted by: mpitts
My wife was induced with Petocin last September. Everything went perfect and her labor was less than an hour.
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Yeah, but Conor wasn't the size of a State-Fair-Winning watermelon, now was he? 😛

 
Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
my wife went into labor the night before she was supposed to be induced.

after 24 hours of labor, including 2 hours of pushing, she ended up needing a c-section due an obstructing bone in her birth canal.

at one point they gave her pitocin to speed the labor along and make the contractions more regular. that was after the epidural.

is there anything in particular that worries you?
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I just read this....that is exactly what happen to my wife...exactly...
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Why no C-section? The recovery is somewhat longer, but the birth itself is pretty damn quick. Certainly seems like an option to pushing out a huge kid IMHO.
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As I understand it, doctors do not want women who've done C-sections to ever delivery vaginally after it, so since this is her first, she would likely have to do a C-section for each kid. At worst I would think, is that this is a long delivery followed by the usual shorter deliveries on the following kids, as opposed to being cut up and needing to take a week-long bedrest after each child.

PS Good luck EtOH 🙂
 
Originally posted by: ViRGE
Originally posted by: Fausto
Why no C-section? The recovery is somewhat longer, but the birth itself is pretty damn quick. Certainly seems like an option to pushing out a huge kid IMHO.
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As I understand it, doctors do not want women who've done C-sections to ever delivery vaginally after it, so since this is her first, she would likely have to do a C-section for each kid. At worst I would think, is that this is a long delivery followed by the usual shorter deliveries on the following kids, as opposed to being cut up and needing to take a week-long bedrest after each child.

PS Good luck EtOH 🙂
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Not true. VBAC is actually relatively common these days.

 
VBAC is common on a second child, not many (if any doctors) will allow it if you have had 2 C-Sections in the past.
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: mpitts
My wife was induced with Petocin last September. Everything went perfect and her labor was less than an hour.
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Yeah, but Conor wasn't the size of a State-Fair-Winning watermelon, now was he? 😛
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🙂

He was 8lb. 11oz.

 
My wife was induced because my daughter was four days late. We got to the hospital and checked in at 7 AM. DR broke her water at 9 AM. Took the epidural at about 12 PM. After that she was great. Happy, good spirits. DR arrived at 4:30 PM and got all set up. She pushed for less than 20 minutes and we had a beautiful little daughter. My wife had complications w/ the epidural and it causes her bad headaches for 2-3 days though.

I think the process was much better than getting woken up @ 3 AM and having to rush to the hospital.

-Pak
 
My wife was induced after her water broke. Yep, Pitocin IV to start the contractions. She was begging for the epidural after a couple hours and 3.5cm. They backed off the Pitocin after a while but then her contractions slowed down so they bumped it back up. That added about 2 hours to the process. She delivered our son 12 hours after they induced labor. He was 7lbs 2oz but he was only 2 days late.

See sig for pics.
 
Don't go for a sandwich!
Wifey got induced 'could take upt to 3 days'
So I said well how yah felling? she said fine go get some lunch so I leave Get a frantic call an hr later and when I rolled in it was over .
She almost delivered on the wheelchair. basically slid into bed pushed once and was done!
He doctor rolled in about 5 mins after I did which was saving grace for me 😉
 
Just be careful, those ultra sound size estimates or just educated guesses. My son was supposedly around 8 pounds, when he finaslly arrived he was 10 pounds 3 ounces and 23 1/2 inches long.Btw, I would have barehandedly killed anybody who approached me with a pitocin drip, that shiat makes labor very hard,very intense and it does so too quickly.
 
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: Fausto
Why no C-section? The recovery is somewhat longer, but the birth itself is pretty damn quick. Certainly seems like an option to pushing out a huge kid IMHO.
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9 and a half is doable and some women don't want a long a$$ scar.

Inducing labor is no big deal. The drugs just speed up the inevitable.
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labor is a naturally painful process, fortunately natural labor progresses in a way that starts off slow with plenty of time in between contractions,even at the end you get a minute to collect your wits and prepare for the next contraction. The drugs zap you right away into intense contractions with little break in between... the bad thing about that is that it doesn't mean the kid will get here sooner.

My son btw was a VBAC baby,my labor was longer (24 hours) but because I was comfortable because the labor progreesed at it's own pace, I tended my other children, scrubbed my kitchen floor on my hands and knees,cooked dinner and ate with my family.I went into the hospital about 4 hours before I delivered.. time enough to be safe, not enough time to have potentially harmful crap done to me.

At the end he came so fast they didn't even have time to give me novicaine before making the cut,my "pain killer" was a bucket of ice water the doctor threw down there before grabbing the scissors.
 
Originally posted by: EtOH
Whats up everybody.

Tomorrow morning at 6am we take my wife in to be induced into labor via Pitocin IV. Not my ideal situation but she is a week overdue and the baby is fairly large, so we don't have a whole lot of time to play around with. I would hate to wait and force a c-section due to the baby's size.

We are looking at the little boy that is just under 10 pounds at this point (a little smaller than I was when I was born). I know that my mother was induced with me and it turned out fine. Seems the baby takes after me according to the doctor, I quote:

"The baby is long, big, comfortable, and stubborn"

Does anyone have any experience with being induced or having their wife/gf induced? Just wondering what to expect and I can only read so many articles and faqs, I want real experience from a community I trust.

Thanks for any info or suggestions.

Chris 'EtOH' Foley
aka "Currently Scared as Hell"
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Eeesh.....10 pounds?!?

I'd go with a C-section unless your wife is OK with having a coochie the size of the Lincoln Tunnel afterwards. 😛

My son was born via C-section and the scar on my wife's tummy is barely visible. They had to do it that way because he was face up in her stomach and they couldn't get him to turn.
 
heh my wife was induced. but she was only 3 day's late. BUT they were afraid of complications if they let her go longer

but a 10 lb baby! wow! my daughter was 6lb 13oz and we thought that was big heh.
 
Can't imagine, as a guy, how much pain pushing something that size through a rather small opening must cause. Women rule.
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: ITJunkie
I'm not sure what advice to give...my wife was induced with my daughter and hard labor lasted about 4 hours before she was born. On the flip side, I have a friend's wife who was induced and she still had a long labor.
In other words, induction doesn't mean a fast birth nor a slow one.
Also, as Fausto mentioned, there isn't anything inherently bad about a c-section other than maybe being a little less tramatic on the baby....from what I have heard.
Anyway, congratulations and good luck! 😀
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Pros: Faster, baby doesn't come out squished-looking. 😛

Cons: recovery is longer, mom can't do jack the first week or so (ie- dad does everything but breast feed). You'll get to change the first few diapers....which is...um...exciting.
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Cons also include:
Postpartum endomyometritis 20x more likely
Thromboembolic complications 5x more likely
Increased risk in the development of placenta accreta in subsequent births.
Depending on the type of incison, an increased chance of uterine rupture
 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: Fausto
Why no C-section? The recovery is somewhat longer, but the birth itself is pretty damn quick. Certainly seems like an option to pushing out a huge kid IMHO.
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9 and a half is doable and some women don't want a long a$$ scar.

Inducing labor is no big deal. The drugs just speed up the inevitable.
Click to expand...


labor is a naturally painful process, fortunately natural labor progresses in a way that starts off slow with plenty of time in between contractions,even at the end you get a minute to collect your wits and prepare for the next contraction. The drugs zap you right away into intense contractions with little break in between... the bad thing about that is that it doesn't mean the kid will get here sooner.

My son btw was a VBAC baby,my labor was longer (24 hours) but because I was comfortable because the labor progreesed at it's own pace, I tended my other children, scrubbed my kitchen floor on my hands and knees,cooked dinner and ate with my family.I went into the hospital about 4 hours before I delivered.. time enough to be safe, not enough time to have potentially harmful crap done to me.

At the end he came so fast they didn't even have time to give me novicaine before making the cut,my "pain killer" was a bucket of ice water the doctor threw down there before grabbing the scissors.
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I remember my wife was having very intense contractions about every 60-90 seconds (IIRC). She was miserable and quite literally trembling between them until they gave her the epidural. After that she was on the phone to her Mom and her best friend. "Oh, did I just have another contraction? I didn't even feel it..."
 
Getting ready to head into the Hospital. For some reason I have Jane's Addiction "No One's Leaving" playing a loop in my head.

Start Best Perry Farrel Voice

HERE WE GO!

End Best Perry Farrel Voice
 
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