Comments on: Which labor is faster, Natural childbirth or induction? all mine have been induced. Whats your experience?

By: saz

saz — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:41:56 +0000

induction makes the labour start faster/sooner than it would normally, but then it can slow down the rest of the birth process, especially if you have an epidural. my first baby wasnt induced and i laboured for 24 hours (had the waters broken half way through to speed things up). my second baby wasnt induced either, i had an epidural and laboured for 27. my waters were artificially broken this time too but it didnt speed things up this time either.
i think its hard to tell, every labour is different.
they say that an induced labour is more painful since the contractions go from zero to one thousand very suddenly.

By: Mom of 7 gramma of 1

Mom of 7 gramma of 1 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:06:35 +0000

6 out of the 7 kids I’ve given birth to all hardlabored about 7 hours and I ran the gammut on labor experiences from immediate floor falling contractions to my water breaking and no contractions. With and without epidurals. Dr. breaking the water and pitocin. The only different child was 1 week late and only 2hrs labor. All others were a week to two and a half weeks early.

By: Jessica P

Jessica P — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:12:49 +0000

Both of my past labors were induced, both with Cervidil.
My 1st was 12 hours long, and my 2nd was 2 hours 45 minutes.
So there really is no set shorter induced or natural.
I know my answer doesn’t help… sorry.

By: Finally Mrs.B

Finally Mrs.B — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:49:20 +0000

Generally speaking, induction is faster, but it comes hard and so fast.

My labor: Water broke 10 pm
Mild Contractions start 2 am
Still @ 3 cm at 7 am, start pitocin
Epidural @ 9 am
10:30 am start pushing, baby born @ 11 am

my SIL
Baby #1: Preterm labor, tried to stop but couldn’t, she was in labor for 5 days

Baby # 2: Contractions start 3 am, baby born 11 am

Baby # 3: Started pitocin @ 10:30 am, baby born 1 pm

By: still_crazy_mama

still_crazy_mama — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:53:49 +0000

Here’s mine: (i count labor time as the time of painful contrax, i don’t count the prelabor)

#1 – induced day before my due date, no medical reason, labored 29 hours.

#2 – induced on due date, labor 8 hours

#3 -went into labor on my own – labor 4 hours

#4 – our angel that left us at 20 weeks

#5 – induced at 37 weeks 1 day after my water broke, labor 22 minutes

#6 – induced at 35 weeks 1 day after my water broke, labor 4 1/2 hours.

Sometimes induction makes it go faster, sometimes it doesn’t, but going into labor on our own makes things a LOT more comfortable. I hated that I had to be induced these last 2 times, but since my water had broken and all natural induction techniques failed, I had no choice.

edited to add: many times epidurals and other pain meds, as well as being confined to bed, will dramatically prolong labor.

By: Matahari

Matahari — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:38:15 +0000

I got in labor on my own, it lasted unbelievable 34 hours and then they gave me pitocin, which made things move on. I gave birth couple hours after they put it in, so I believe induction is faster.

By: spiritwalker

spiritwalker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:27:02 +0000

My labor started after a long drive, plus walking a lot!!!

I had 3 natural, there’s diffinent pain, but the feelings is undescribable after the babies were born. . I’ve seen the needle in the back, and the mother couldn’t even feel her legs, let alone know if she was pushing when it was needed.