Does labor go quicker if you're induced?

Just wondering if you are induced, does labor go quicker?

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I don't know about anyone else's experience but I was induced and still was in labor for 24 hours.

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Nope!! I labored for 24 hours after induction..then...c-section. It is all about you and your body and what it wants to do. It could go faster..it could go slower!!!

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I've heard generally longer...I delivered like 68 hours after starting the induction, and pushed for 6+ hours.

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Not for me. I was induced with DD at 7 am Monday and didn't deliver her until 7:15 PM Tuesday.

They turned the Pitocin off after 12 hours, I rested overnight, they turned it on again and broke my water the next day.

DS was quicker-was induced at 8:30, DS was born at 10 PM.

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I think 2nd labors are quicker, not necessarily induced ones.

I was induced with DS in the morning, delivered 11:44 at night.

Went in naturally with DD at 4 am, delivered at 9:41 am.

The nurse told me that 2nd deliveries are usually much quicker because your body knows what to do and everything has been stretched out already.

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It wasn't too long for me...I started pitocin at 10am and the babies were born at 10:53 and 10:55pm. I pushed for 3 hours...

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Posted by NervousNell

Posted by nov04libride

I've heard generally longer...I delivered like 68 hours after starting the induction, and pushed for 6+ hours.

WOW! I can't imagine pushing for over 6 hours! I did it for less than an hour and never want to do it again!
You are amazing!!

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My induction started at 10pm on a Thursday, gave birth at 1134pm the following night, so 25hrs for me.

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I've heard it generally goes slower...

Both of my kids were induced and both took ~12 hours.

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I've heard it goes slower as well - it took me 13-14 hrs after being induced to have DS (which is nothing compared to some of the pps!)

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It did for me... pitocin started at about 9am and DS was out at about 8:30 PM. I pushed for 45 minutes.

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From what I've heard, induced labors are longer, but you can't really compare one person to another.

I was never induced but I pushed DD for 3 hours. THREE LONG HOURS.

I pushed DS for 6 minutes and the doctor told me I could have done it in less.

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Everyone's body/experience is different but my best friend was only like 2days past her dd and she just wanted to be done so they induced her. She was in labor and in a lot of pain for 24 hours until they had to do a c-section. Sometimes you cant mess with nature...JMO

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I dont think so. I as induced over 35 hrs and then got a c/s

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I had my DD 25 hours after initial induction. Pretty quick being that I was 3 weeks early and had to be induced due to pre-e.

I pushed for 2 1/2 hours...KUDOS to the mommy that pushed for 6 hours...I would have DIED

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I was induced labored for 12 hours pushed for 30mins

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I think if you have progress (like dilation and effaced) then it goes quicker.

My inductions from start to finish lasted about 6- 8 hours for each baby. My actual deliveries (transition to pushing) lasted only a few minutes.

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I'm sure it depends if you're actually a good candidate for induction and moving along.

Both my labors were equal amt of time. I was induced for medical reasons with #2. Both were a bit over 4 hrs with a couple of pushes.

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I was induced at 11:30 pm on a Tuesday and had DS at 6:14 pm on Thursday via c-section.

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I think in most cases, it's not quicker, and often longer. If you are induced, it generally means your body hasn't gone into labor on its own for whatever reason. If you're body isn't ready to be in labor, it's going to be "fighting" it, so when you're induced, I think it often takes longer since it's not happening naturally.

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I think it really depends on your body.

I was induced with DD. Pitocin was started around 8:20 am and DD was born at 1:52pm the same day. Less than 6 hours later and I pushed for only 40 minutes.

I also wanted to add that I was no where near ready either, I was not dilated or effaced at all. I went from 4 to 10 cms in less than 3 hours. At one point they had to stop the pitocin because I was going too fast.

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Not me. I was induced at 6pm on Oct 23 and didn't have DS until 524pm on Oct 24....