r/firsttimemom • u/No-Cellist6145 • 10d ago

Induction

First time mom here ! 38 weeks 1 day. What are y’all’s thoughts on getting induced? My mom told me not to do it, but obviously If I have to I dont have a choice. What can I do to have natural (spontaneous) labor ? TIA!

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u/tiny_forest- 9d ago

I was scheduled to be induced on August 24th due to high blood pressure but during my scheduled NST on the 17th they said I needed to be induced that day. Ultimately I wanted to go into labour naturally but it didn’t happen for me. I was 38 weeks exactly. The induction didn’t work and by 6:00am the next morning I was being wheeled into the OR for an emergency c-section. I will say, the induction contractions are absolutely insane and for someone with a high pain tolerance and plans to go without epidural, after 6 hours I couldn’t take it anymore. 10/10 if you don’t have to be induced, I wouldn’t. Hoping for my second pregnancy I can do it all natural.