Anyone labored drug free to the end with pitocin? - Page 2

[mommajb]

Originally Posted by hislittlelambs

be sure to check out your Bishops Score before you decide to induce. this is a great site, explains what it is, how it is calculated, how favourable you maybe for induction, and the cesarean rates for 1st time moms vrs veteran moms...etc.

My question to you is, instead of weighing this decision based on best case scenerios, weigh it with worst case....is it worth having a long labor and possibly either babe or your body not being ready, baby go into "fetal distress" and end in an emergency cesarean? if you weigh this out and it is still worth it to you, then you can go into the induction with peace that no matter how it turns out, best case or worst case, you have made the right decision. keep in mind, with first babies, labor tends to be naturally longer than veterans...not always, but generally.

i say this as a dear friend of mine, totally commited to drug free labors, went in to be induced with her first baby. a pit induction. it was 30 long hard hours with a 4th degree (remember, unmedicated) tear at the end. she did it, but it was hard. so yes, it is totally doable, just is it worth it? (which is a question that only YOU can answer.)

Good luck to you and I hope you have complete peace with whatever you decide.

This is a great post and I want to echo considering how you would feel if labor and delivery didn't go along with your best case scenario if you and your hcp decide to induce.

That said, first labors are much harder to predict than subsequent ones. You really don't know how you will handle things, at least I didn't. My 3rd baby was induced with pit and I did it med free but I have really speedy labors, all 5 of them precipitous including the induction, only the 1st and 5th have been attended as I don't wait for anybody when it is time to push. Yes, I was induced and it went so fast the ob did not make it to catch the baby. :

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[notwonamesalike]

I had 12 hours of horrible, intense, painful labor before I broke down and had an epidural.

I too, was so wrung out by that point that I couldn't get excited for my little guy when he was finally here. In fact, the thing I wanted more than anything was to sleep and take a shower. I just wanted DH to take the baby so I could cool off and rest.

Not the birth I had envisioned.


If you must have pit, I suggest an epidural.

[BundleFishMama]

I had pit with 2 of my 3 prior births (one was an augmentation and one was an induction). I lasted a few hours insisting I wanted to go drug-free before I finally did break down and get the epidural both times. BUT I have a very low tolerance for pain, and I had no good support back then and was pretty unprepared and very scared. I wanted to go natural, but I really hadn't studied or practiced any other ways to deal with labor pain. Honestly, I don't think, looking back, that the pit was THAT bad - it might have been, but I think in my case it was more my fear that was causing the pain.

I do have two close girlfriends who had pit inductions and still went drug-free. They said it wasn't fun, but it wasn't as bad as they'd feared.

Not trying to sway you either way, just sharing a few experiences....

[Kimmiepie]

I had THREE pitocin births and I got an epidural each time. However, with my fourth pitocin birth I went completely drug free. It actually hurt less the fourth time than any other. BUT I knew what to expect, I had been on pit so many times I knew how strong it was going to be and I went it prepared. It was my most amazing, easiest and most empowering birth so far(this time I'm doing homebirth. yippee). If you've never had pitocin before it will probably be much more painful than you are expecting. I think the only reason why I did it so well is because I haven't known anything different. It's what I expected.

I don't recommend induction though, so try to hang in there.

[jr'smom]

I had pitcin the first time afer being in labor for twelve hours already and not progressing. I labored for another twelve with pitocin and no drugs. I have a low tolerance for pain, but a strong desire to avoid drugs for the baby. I had terrible back labor and they made me stay in bed (it was my first, I didn't know to fight it.) Once they told me I had to have a c/s, I awaited the epidural and was still having terrible contractions and asked--"Did you turn off the pitocin?" They hadn't. : The epidural didn't work anyway and we had to go to a spinal block for the surgery. So baby didn't have any drugs until about 30 minutes before he was born. He came out very alert and holding his head up already!