Gel inducement?

Hi there, on Friday im getting induced with Gel and have heard from alot of people that it dosent work and they have ended up waiting the whole day then finaly getting the drip. Has anyone here been induced with Gel and how long has it taken to work?

I was induced with gel at about 9/10pm at night. They did a second lot of gel in the morning and waters broke at 9am. DD arrived at 10:20pm that night. So 24 hours from having the first lot of gel to DD arriving.

Good luck!

I was examined and told cervix was high and tightly closed, DS was barely engaged and i wasnt at all ready to go into labour - i begged - he agreed to give me gel just to see what would happen on the condition if nothing happened by the morning i had to go home and wait. This was at about 3pm. Had 'period pain' throughout the night and when he arrived at 9am to check me i was 3cm dialated, he broke my waters and DS was born at 3.20 that afternoon. My midwife told me to keep moving after i was induced so i waddled down the stairs and outside where it was 38 degrees so i toddled back up to the ward for a lie down lol. You will probably hear a lot of horror stories about induction but mine was brilliant.

I had two inductions, both reasonably good experiences (as good as birth can be!)

I had gel with my second but ended up with a drip after 6hrs anyway. I agree with Bizzy, lots of walking around the hospital - espcially because if you end up on a drip then you will be stuck on a bed.

BUT on the other hand, I had a friend who had gel with her first child, she had it at 7pm and the baby was born at 11pm that same night... fantastic outcome!

I had gel on my due date, 1 lot at 9ish am and then another at 2pm (cause nothing was happening), nothing continued to happen, but then at 1am the next morning my waters broke spontaneously and my baby girl was born 3 hours later at 4am, too quick for drugs lol.
I didn't need the drip which was cool :D

Thanks guys, think it seems like it depends on the person and baby and then keep active as much as you can!

Hi,

I had about three applications of gel in a day and a half and then eventually they broke my waters. Was v tedious and labour didn't start naturally. Ended up having a c-section.

Good luck!

Yup 5 applications of gel over 3 days at 38 weeks, didnt dialate a bit. I think eventually the registrar got bored of seeing me so managed to fit the amnio hook up to break my waters. 2 hours later my girl was born by emergency c-section as the umbilical cord descended before she did and so every contraction blocked her blood flow, slowing her heart rate to near to zilch.

Long and short of it. Induction sucess stories at 38 weeks arent very common, at 40+ weeks Ive heard tonnes. Babies come when babies are ready lol

Oh and I spent 3 days waddling, jiggling, bouncing, skipping my way around the domain, in the hottest Feb on record, in an effort to get things moving, all it achieved was an exhausted mummy and very swollen feet!

Same type of experience as Bowie here. I was induced at 38.4 weeks due to GD, they put the gel in that night and I was given a bishops score of 0 so cervix was high and closed, and told it looked like I was not going to have baby anytime soon. I had period type pains (but worse) over night and when they checked me in the morning I was 2cm dialated and they broke my waters, my daughter was born 4 hours later and all in all my experience was good, my only issue was an epidural that did not work and a lure that they had put in my arm which was never used but ended up meaning that I could not use my right arm during labour or for a day or so after as they had so much trouble getting a vain.

All the best for your induction