re: OT Parents - How many had to induce on first child?

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The wife is due today, but all signs are pointing to her having to be induced sometime next week.

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I might see you at the hospital. I am having my third hopefully today. My wife is set to be induced Tuesday.

And to answer your question from my personal experience, yes we had to induce the first one. We did it 2 days after his due date. When we induced it made her contractions go off the charts. It was painful for her and me watching not being able to do anything. The second she just went into labor and it was much easier for her.

There isn't much better than watching a new life you made come into this world. It is truly a miracle.

Good luck.

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I'm literally in the EXACT same situation as you. My wife is sitting at home waiting to go. Our due date is today, and I don't think I can wait any longer. Good luck,

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KG6

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I was hoping mine went into labor yesterday but her contractions are still 6-9 minutes apart. So I'm is the same boat as y'all

Feed her some very spicy food -- hot wings or something.

My wife was scheduled to be induced yesterday but the baby came last Wednesday. 1 week early, sitting at the doctors office right now for the 1 week check up.

Had to induce on our first. She was due like Nov 20 or so. We got to Dec 3 and she was not in labor. They finally admitted her and started inducing that evening. Finally on the morning of the 4th they went ahead and delivered our son via c-section. It's been a running joke in our family for the past almost 13 years on how much of a mommas boy he's been since before birth.

Had our first last year and she was induced 3 days after the due date.

A week out from the due date she was miserable and just ready to have the baby.

I said "you know, sex is supposed to speed the process....", so we went on a week long boot knocking binge and still no baby, but I profited greatly.

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She was lucky. We checked in at 6pm friday evening and my son was born at 10am sunday. She ended up having to have a section

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The inducement did not work or was there another issue?

On our first my wife went two weeks past due and had to be induced

Some advice.


insurance has nothing to do with induction or no induction despite what a poster said

Nothing good happens after 39 weeks of gestation and bad things increasingly happen after 40 weeks. There is no reason to ever let a pregnancy go beyond 41 weeks.

The mechanical act of sex can stimulate contractions but is most effective if you are equipped to reach the cervix during the process.

The prostaglandins in ejaculate however are similar to the ones used for cervical ripening and induction and are the most powerful activator of labor by sex. So don't use a condom or pull out.

Nipple stimulation was used in this country for induction for years and is still used in other countries. Make sure to involve lots of nipple play with sex as it releases oxytocin (Pitocin) into the blood stream.

Failed inductions do happen sometimes. Usually due to CPD (head too large for pelvis), a tight nuchal cord (cord around the neck), or an abnormal presentation (baby has hand up by head blocking descent).

If at the end of the day the induction is taking too long or she is just not progressing well consider delaying induction one day and resting/eating overnight.To give your wife the best chance of a vaginal delivery make sure that the doc does not rupture the membranes until necessary. Once ruptured she has 16 hours to deliver before infection risk increases dramatically. So if un-ruptured and slow induction with NO FETAL DISTRESS NOTED you may be able to get the doc to agree to one more try the next day. With rupture or any signs of fetal distress that is out of the question.