Induction and pain relief

I had a pessary and they did offer me gas and air but it wasn’t that bad so didn’t have any.

To be honest, I had a really positive induction and it was my no 1 thing to avoid in my birth plan! Pessary was fitted 5pm Wednesday with my cervix completely closed. Contractions started at 7pm coming 3 in every 10 mins but not very strong, they spread out a little through the night and became more consistent but further apart. Then on Thursday evening, after the 24 hours, pessary was removed and I was 3cm. Taken to labour ward Friday morning and waters were broken 12pm and hormones drip given at 2pm. Our little girl was here by 7pm with only 50mins of pushing… I used the tens machine and wooden comb and paracetamol whilst being induced then went on to have dihydrocodeine on the Thursday night after over 24 hours of contractions so I could get some sleep as the next step was her arrival and then just gas and air and dihydrocodeine whilst in active labour… the gas and air was really good for regulating and concentrating on my breathing! Good luck, it’s worth every ounce of pain! x

I had an induction with my first (Feb 23 baby) it was a really positive induction, I had two paracetamol, two codiene and gas and air! X

I’ve had two inductions, both same format - waters had gone but no contractions so had pessary and then following morning was placed on the hormone drip. With both the pessary got me to 3-4CM and I used my tens machine in the early stages, after going on the drip I continued to use my tens machine alongside gas and air. With my second I had pethidine injection for the early stages as I couldn’t sit down to try and rest unfortunately it didn’t work for me and was unable to sleep so I utilised the tens machine. I think I asked for paracetamol too. ☺️

Thank you all. This is really reassuring ☺️☺️