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I feel like every story I hear and every show I watch (I'm addicted to A Baby Story) women either have a scheduled c-section or a scheduled induction! Even if the induction isn't scheduled, once they get to the hospital they don't progress as they should and need pitocin anyway!
Does anyone actually have their water break, rush to the hospital, and have a baby anymore???
I did not. In fact I had a failed induction! two weeks later, when I was two weeks over due, I finally had a successful. I had a cerclage in place which reinforced my cervix (early on 16 weeks), when they took it out they thought I would go into labor right away! Nope two weeks late and my cervix was sealed up so tight because of scar tissue! Water was broken by the dorctor as well! Glad it happened at the hospital and not in public :)
@TheJeanses2012: I can't imagine its fun for your water to break in public, lol!
I went 10 days past my due date with not a single contraction. Once your water breaks you usually have a pretty big window of time before you start laboring. It makes me laugh when I see people in movies their water breaks and they immediately start having crazy contractions haha.
My brother's gf just had a schedule induction.
My cousin went into labor naturally, but had to have a C-Section because she started running a fever after being in labor for 24 hours, after her water broke
I do have a couple of friends from my hometown who went into labor naturally and had the baby naturally - it's just so different with every woman
With my daughter, I was scheduled for a c-section (I was induced with my son and had an emergency c-section). Buuuuut, she was around 4-5 weeks premature and the labor started naturally.
I won't go into details, other than I will NEVER EVER return to that practice (other than to confirm the pregnancy) OR that hospital for another delivery. NEVER.
My SIL went into labor naturally with her kids, except her youngest was a c-section due to an unforseen problem (umbilicle cord was wrapped around his neck...) and another friend had a natural deliver and, I think, went into labor on her own.
With the first I was so far over due they HAD to induce me 2 weeks 3 days overdue wasnt good for the baby to be in any longer (and my amniotic flud levels started to get low why i dont know)
And with #2 I was on bed rest from week 13 on (I do not wish that on ANYONE) and had to be induced due to Interuterine growth restriction and once again had to keep the baby safe.
@KatyElle: my water never DID break with my daughter... not that I knew of. And I had contractions.
Of course, I was also in labor for a freaking week and the damned doctors did NOTHING, and refused to admit I was in labor. They're reason: no pain, no labor.
Yeah, not going back to them EVER again.
The last few pregnancies I know of all went into labor naturally. I don't know if they needed pitocin or not but labor started on it's own.
I think most of the scheduled inductions occur because people have gone too far past their due dates and the doctors feel it is better to get the baby out than continue to wait.
The potential for requiring pitocin to speed-up / re-jump start labor is increased when a mom-to-be has an epidural. Many people in labor get epidural pain meds so that explains some fo the pitocin use.
Scheduled C-sections are a bit different in that many are not for a medical reason. But you also have people (and/or doctors and hospitals) that won't do VBACs so they require a scheduled c-section or they feel the baby is too large to delivery vaginally or breech or something.
And then obviously there are emergency c-sections which are a whole different story.
went to my normal doctors appointment, he told me I was in labor and sent me to the what I call "big house"... they checked.. my sons fluids were low.. so they induced me to make labor go faster.. after about 3 hours of pushing.. something in my body gave up.. I guess my vital signs started dropping horribly .. my son was fine..but as they were trying to get my vitals back up..(wich was working) I started shooting out some weird blood or something out of that area and i was concious this whole time.. I heard the nurse say..hmm.. havent seen that before.. I started going down hill again.. and they rushed me to get a c~section.. and as soon as they got my son out ..my vitals slowely went back to normal.. i didnt get to see my son but for a split second... until the next day... then was monitored for a few more days.. put on pills and sent home..with a ripped open c section.. had to get it "stuffed" everyday for a month.. and get checked with all my vitals everyday too...I had a horrible horrible experience but SO WORTH everything..I now have a 3 year old boy!.. SO my long story short.. NO I didnt.. have a oops my water broke.. go in hospital, and come out with a baby experience.. but 2 of my other friends did..lol.. so I guess it does happen
OH ..forgot to say.. the "I havent seen that before" turned out to be from my amazing pushing abilities..lol.. turned out my son was sunnyside up..and the embilical cord was wrapped around his neck.. so no matter how hard I pushed he would start coming out but there was no way he was coming all the way out... the stuff was his blood and my blood mixed together... from rubbing eachother raw since he was going through the canal so much... I KNOW EWW.. poor little booger had a lot of cuts all over his head when he finally made his appearance
They have all been natural labor starting, except for a c-section. Most c-sections I have heard of, are scheduled for a reason(breech or size), not this "famed" just want a c-section I keep seeing on message boards. WHERE are these doctors that will just DO a c-section b/c the patient wants one? I've never heard of one. Seriously.
The one induction I know of was because the baby was late I think.
My first pregnancy I was emergency induced due to insanely high blood pressure.
My second I went into active labor 4hrs before I was to go be induced and while at the hospital my water broke on it's own.
Every woman is different, it's not that no one goes into labor by themselves anymore, we just have more options in modern medicine for delivering babies safely. Back in the olden days, women who went too long past their due dates and didn't have the option of induction or a c-section usually went through stillbirths. Our world is immensely over populated now because we can preserve life better and keep premies alive, halt premature labor, and deliver babies before they are stuck in the womb for way too long and the placenta can no longer function.
My FSILs labors all started naturally, but all three were before 40 weeks. For some reason, my FMIL and FSIL both gave birth way earlier than 40 weeks. My FSIL is against a lot of intervention and is very pro-natural unmedicated child birth so for the first two births she waited until she was in transition before going to the hospital. With this last birth, she had a homebirth and it actually was the longest pregnancy at 39 weeks and 3 days. It worked out really well since her husband just got R&R for deployment and arrived home like 10 hrs before labor began. She's also a little lucky in that she has precipitous labors, her entire labor and delivery for her homebirth was 1.5 hours.
I wanted to add that my FSIL gave birth so fast that her son arrived ten minutes before her midwife showed up!
I also wanted to add that expected due dates are usually determined by the first day of the last period instead of the conception date so if you have a particularly long cycle (longer than 28 days) then it'll put your due date earlier. Please correct me if I'm wrong on that. I also read somewhere that women's due dates can vary based on ethnicity and family history.
Of my 2 most recent friends' births -- One went into labor and delivered on her due date after only laboring at the hospital for several hours. (I kind of think I hate her.) The other was really set on having no interventions, but she had to be induced when she went 2 weeks beyond her due date. After that she went through the rest of her labor pain-med free!
Most of my friends went into labor on their own. One had to have an emergency C after laboring for a long time. The doctor apologized later for cutting her crooked. lol
I had to be induced the first time (pre-eclampsia) and had a natural birth. The second time my water broke 3 1/2 weeks early and just like in the movies, my contractions started immediately. But they weren't super painful at first. Still had to rush to the hospital though.
I think there is just a lot of intervention and pre-emptive action by the doctors to keep from getting sued. i know a lot of people won't even go into OB-Gyn because of the cost of the insurance. So that's why you see a lot of Cs these days, imo
I think there is just a lot of intervention and pre-emptive action by the doctors to keep from getting sued.
I agree with that. I also think some women want to schedule c-sections. If the demand is there and the potential risks are hugely relevant to their careers, then obviously c-sections and inductions are going to be pretty high. I'd find an OBGYN that you trust your life and your baby's life with and will make great decisions, even if that means creating a birth plan. I think educating yourself on child birth is immensely valuable.
It seems to me that c-sections are pretty common.
A girl I know just had her 2nd c-section this week. She went into labour naturally the day before her due date, but when labour didn't progress, the doctor scheduled a c-section for the next morning. She had had her first baby by c-section just 11 months earlier (Irish twins!) and the doctor didn't want to leave her in labour for very long considering that. With the first baby, she was in labour for 30 hours and not progressing so they ended up doing a c-section.
She is short (5' 0" or 5' 1") and has had good sized babies (this one was 8 lbs 11 oz), so it makes me worry that my 5' 2" self won't be able to deliver an 8 lb baby naturally--and 5 of my mom's 6 babies were over 8 lbs!!
My SIL recently had a scheduled induction & my best friend had a scheduled c-section (required by her dr. due to her previous c-section.. vbacs are not allowed in our medical/hospital community)
7 y/o I started labor naturally with DS but as soon as I got to the hospital they started pitocin.. and I WAITED to go b/c I didn't want that.. still they did it, then they broke my water, stuck some sensor in my DS head to "monitor better", and ultimately ended up with an "emergency" c-section.....
I'll be having a home birth this go round =)
A friend of my FI's had a baby in July. She was 6 months along, had stomach pains for a couple days, and then one morning her water broke. She went into labor immediately, they called 911, and by the time the paramedics got there she was too far along to be taken to the hospital. Within the hour she had her baby at home.
So yes, it is possible to have the baby very shortly after your water breaks, depending on circumstance. I voted for the last one even though it wasn't at the hospital :P
I was wondering the exact same thing. I understand that in some circumstances it's safer for the mother and baby to give a little push, but every woman I know had to be induced on their due date.
Yup, for my most recent friend to give birth, it just happened like in the movies.
Now I have a friend at the other extreme whose baby just will. not. gtfo. She's had cervical sweeps done and will be induced soon if the kiddo remains this determined to outstay its welcome in her uterus.
I went into labour a day before my scheduled induction. But, it didn't go water broke, hospital, birth. It went contractions, hospital, a whole lot of labor, then they broke my water to speed things up, and relieve some pressure, and then, more labour, and then out came baby.
Women often beat themselves up if they needed a C-section or didn't go into labor on their own... but there are no trophies handed out at the end!
@KatyElle: I agree. On some blogs I read, it seems like there is a huge negative stigma for women who decide to go through an induction or get an emergency c-section. These are necessary tools for some women and I'd hate to alienate anyone for choosing that especially since it's not my kid or my body!
A week before my due date they scheduled me for an induction for the week after my due date. Luckily for me I started having contractions at 10:00 the night before my due date and gave birth at 2:09 the next day. No drugs to help speed it along, which I was kind of expecting to need b/c I had an epidural and people say that can slow down the labor process.
I went into labor on my due date at 2am hospital at 8am they broke my water at 4pm and I had him at 8:54pm so it was all pretty natural minus them having to break my water =/
I went into labor naturally (11 days before my due date). My water broke without intervention when I was at the hospital. Baby was born less than an hour after my water broke.
My water broke 12 days before my due date, but we didn't rush to the hospital. I even took my time to take a shower and everything. 26 hours later kid was a no show so I unfortunately had to have a c-section that didn't go super well.
My water broke and like PP said, I immediately starting having progessively worse contractions (I had three prior to my water breaking that I would have considered much different from the BH I had been having...I knew the very first contraction that was "it"). I had Kayla 10 hours later.
I don't really understand why anyone would opt for a c-section if it wasn't necessary, but I think that any way a new baby is brought into the world is a miracle! :)
Yes! I am a L&D nurse and it does happen. I agree with @Katyelle no trophies are handed out! Always remember you are no less of a "mom" if you have a scheduled induction, c-section or an epidural. A happy and healthy mom & baby are the most important thing.
I died after an emergency c-section. Actually died. So I always cringe when I see people electing for one. But it's not my body, baby, or life so I just try to move along. My sister had all three of her kids in movie fashion. Contractions at home, water broke, went to hospital, pushed 20 mins and then out comes a baby lol.
@Navy_Wife: i voted "water broke, went to the hospital, had a baby, the end" BUT i should clarify.
the day i had my baby, i had strange cramps in the am and went to the doctor's office first. and then at the office, i found out I was 6-7 cms dilated and in labor without knowing it, and then, after that finally went to the hospital where my water broke and delivered my first child less than 2 hrs later! i know, i read all the same stories as you have and assumed our story was going to go down the same route
...on one hand, i have to say that i am amazed and so grateful that i got to have the kind of birth i had always hoped for. but on the other, i can assure you that the end result is so, so much more important than the journey. as long as everyone's happy and healthy in the end, i promise you that not much else matters.
Another thing to think about is that on TV shows like A Baby Story, they are trying to keep costs down in general (even if there is nothing to film, having a crew around costs $$$), so they probably seek out moms to be who have already scheduled something--just so that they can have a concrete filming schedule and don't spend too much time hanging around waiting for stuff to happen naturally.
I didn't vote because I seriously can't think of someone I know who has recently had a kid! My friends need to start having babies :)
i did! i did! my water broke, hubby and i rushed to the hospital, i labored for a few hours (got an epidural), pushed, and into the world baby harmonyeee came!
however...i was 5 weeks early. baby is healthy and doing super well, but my ob had already started talking about the possible need for induction or a c-section at 34 weeks cause baby was measuring 4 weeks ahead. little did she know he was just ready to come out!
I had a baby 3 months ago. My water broke several days after my due date and before I went to the hospital. I got to around 8 cm before I got pitocin. Soooo....I didn't really need it but I'd been hanging in the 6-8 cm phase for hours and hours and hours, I was making progress but slow painful progress so decided to get the epidural, which stopped my contractions. The physician was quite antsy but since I was already so far along I think I literally got 2 drops of pitocin and it was baby time.
Thinking back to the last couple of births I have been aware of....all had unnecessary interventions (i.e. scheduled c-sections or otherwise)
Not to judge anyone else, but I will do everything in my power to avoid any sort of unnecessary interventions into my L&D. I don't want an epidural (which I've been called 'crazy' for) because they can slow down and stop labor, and thus require pitocin to get it restarted. Don't want pitocin. Don't want a scheduled induction or c-section. I'll do everything I can - all the old wives tales - to get labor started naturally if I am overdue and I plan not to go into the hospital right away after contractions start but rather wait awhile. I also will deliver at a birthing suite within our hospital which is targeted for women who want no intervention births and uses midwives.
My mom had me at home in the early 80s after a negative experience in the hospital with my older sibling (where they tried to force drugs on her she didn't want). She had a wonderful homebirth experience, and while I don't plan to deliver at home, tha thas definitely influenced me to have as much of a low intervention as possible. Regardless of there being 'trophies' or not, interventions lead to c-sections, c-sections are MAJOR surgery, and I do not want that.
I highly recommend seeing 'The Business of Being Born' if you haven't already =)
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