Q: I'm Being Induced Today
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cln1812
on December 14th, 2007
Active User, very eHealthy
I'm going in today for my induction at noon. I had a Foley catheter inserted into my cervix yesterday & the end blown up with saline in the hopes that it might cause me to dilate (not fun, that was quite painful). Hopefully, it worked since it fell out overnight (the OB said that might happen and if it did it's a good sign that it worked and got me dilated up to 3 cm, I'm keeping my fingers crossed). I've been having contractions all night and this morning, about 6-7 minutes apart. Fortunately, I did manage some sleep (about 6 hours, broken, probably only because I had such a stressful day yesterday), so not as bad as going into this with absolutely no sleep, which I was afraid might happen. I have to fast this morning, unfortunately, but the doc did say I could have an Ensure shake or something, so I had a Slimfast shake for breakfast, and I guess that's all the food I get until Tessa is born, other than popsicles at the hospital. And I'm hungry! If the contractions get closer together or more painful, I will be going to the hospital sooner.
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