muppetmummy
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can't be much longer now!
A study was done in 75 patients who underwent induction of labour with Prostaglandin E2 gel. All these patients had an unripe cervix. The commonest indications were post-datism, intrauterine growth ******ation and pregnancy-induced hypertension. All patients were primigravidas with singleton pregnancy and beyond 35 weeks of pregnancy. The mean Bishop score at the time of instillation was less than three. The improvement of another 2-3 points within six hours and by 7-8 points within 12 hours was found after instillation of the gel. 92% of the patients went into spontaneous labour and 8% required reinstillation. The incidence of failed induction was 1.33%. The mean duration of latent phase was 10.34 hours. Induction delivery time was 16.43 hours. 68.1% patients required augmentation of labour and 31.9% did not require augmentation of labour with oxytocin drip. The incidence of vaginal delivery was 81.33% and that of caesarean section was 17.33%. The commonest indication of caesarean section was foetal distress.
happy_chick said:Yeah im excited, scared, nervous & everything else inbetween!! Dunno how im gunna cope 2mora morning as we dont have to be at hosp til 1pm im gunna be pacing around wondering what the hell to do with myself!
Just been reading some statistics on induction of labour and its really reassured me
Got lots to do today, need to rearrange my labour bags as didnt expect to be induced & need to take more clothes etc as ill be in longer... argh never stayed in hosp b4 im scared! lol