First baby - early, late or on time?

I'm due tomorrow and I feel like I will be preg forever. I have a dr appt tomorrow and if I don't go tonight which I doubt I will we schedule an induction. Dr won't let me go more than a week past due date,

Last wed appt I wasnt dilated at all, but I was 60-70% effaced and baby did drop.

What were your experiences? Anybody induced? I know that 50% of inductions lead to c-section bc of fetal distress from the pitocin or your body just isn't ready. I'm def ready to not be preg anymore but I'm nervous (and excited) for how this will all go down.

First baby - early, late or on time?

Early - I was due 7/27 and my water broke & baby came on 7/1.

First baby - early, late or on time?

I was induced at 41w. Vaginal delivery

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late! 40w2d and we took him by csection

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1st was 7 days late & I was induced - vag del.

2nd was 10 days early & vag del.

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Early- due aug 20th i popped july 31st. she did me a favor. thank god 37 weeks is considered full term

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I was 10 days late with my first. I went on my own and they gave me pitocin to move things along and delivered vaginally.

My 2nd I had to be induced early due to gall bladder issues and the induction was successful. Long process but quick delivery.

You never know how your body will react. My word of advice is fight for what you want and are comfortable with. WIth my first when I stopped progressing the doctor mentioned c-section. They just had upped the pitocin so I said come back in an hour and we can discuss. An hour later I was ready to push.

First baby - early, late or on time?

Induced at 40w4d and delivered vaginally.

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DD - My C-section was scheduled for 39 weeks and my water broke a few hours before. Guess we picked the right birthday.

DS - He seemed content to stay forever. Had a repeat C-section at 40w 3d.

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Late. Induced at 40 weeks and 2 days.

First baby - early, late or on time?

Those that were induced how fast is it scheduled. I go in tomorrow, will he say let's do it tonight? Tomor?

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5 days LATE! & it was torture!!! Delivered vaginally after 18 hours of labor.

eta: my OB wouldn't induce until you were 7 days late.

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On time...I was 39 weeks 5 days...vaginal delivery

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I was 9 days late. I was induced on the 8th day at 41w2d. My doctor wouldn't even talk induction until I was one week late. I was induced with Cervadil. I wasn't dilated at all. Although when I went in they said I was 1 cm and having mild contractions (I didn't feel them), so maybe I was finally on my way. My induction went really well. They said the Cervadil would take 12 hours to work, but I was in full blow labor in just a few hours. My water broke on it's own and the Cervadil came out (it's like a tampon). I had DD about 12 hours after I was induced.

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I went late and was induced. Went in to my doc's office at 40w3d and he was concerned about BP so set an induction for later that afternoon.

I was given Pitocin which got me to 10cm, but unfortunately heart decells during pushing caused me to have an emergency C section.

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I had my DD one day before her due date.

But just so you know, I had an appointment the Thursday before and there was NOTHING going on. Maybe just a fingertip dilated, nothing else.
That was Thursday- she was born on Tuesday.
So it can happen fast.
And I didn't do anything to bring it on- no walking (I could barely move between the shooting pain down my leg and the swelling of my feet/ankles.)
And certainly no sex..
I laugh when people suggest it. The last thing on my mind was sex. I woudl have preferred she stay in for another month than even consider having sex the way I felt at that point! And for the record, I think my DH agreed with me on that point!

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Late, 40 w 5 days, induced and vaginally delivered my DS after 12 hours of labor

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I had a doc appt at 39w1d and nothing was going on, baby was still high too.... the doc had mentioned that he thought I would be overdue and we would induce at 41 weeks. Well, the next night my water broke and I had DS the next morning, so he was 4 days early.

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I'm not BTDT but with my mom, I was the first born and I was 13 days late. My younger sister was 9 days early.

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8 days late. I was scheduled for an induction but my water broke the night before.

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I was 4 days early, but I was a scheduled c section because she was breech. This was my first. I probably would've late had she not been breech...

First baby - early, late or on time?

first baby - 1cm dilated and 0% effaced from 37weeks on...
DD came out at 41weeks and 1 day (i was scheduled for an induction at 41w4d)

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in my case, when I went in on my due date I was only 1/2 cm dilated, cervix thinned out. Came back 3 days later to make sure she wasn't under stress, her HB was perfect, but still no dilation or contractions. I ended up being induced a week after due date and even that took a very long time. Didn't give birth to her until the following night (naturally at least - no c-section).

It was very frustrating towards the end because I was soooo ready to just meet her already. I kept hoping I'd be early, or at least on time, but what are ya gonna do? Nothing really works to induce on your own. I got so much advice from people, tried almost everything and ends up it's mostly old wives tales. Just gotta relax and be patient

Good luck!

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I was never dilated when I was checked but went into labor 10 days early. Had DS by c/s because he was breech.