Health 101: Inducing Labor

This site gives very little info about the topics at hand. We need more info to make better decisions about what goes on with us and our unborn babies. Please give more details. Maybe even have a doctor post more info so we can fully understand what is going on. That way we know the best questions to ask our doctors. Not to mention to understand what is being done to us and the risk for us and our child.

Im going to get my membranes stripped next week! Hopefully it will get things going. My due date isnt til the 8th but Im excited to get this over with. Being pregnant in the summer is miserable!

I am 41 weeks pregnant, the orginal due date was the 15th of june. i have had my membranes stripped a total of four times now, cramping occurred each time afterwards; however, no bloody show or contractions.:(

Well I use a midwife and we decided to naturally induce me. She popped open a liquid pill called primrose and rubbed it on my cervix at 10am. I went home. Came back at 2pm and she rubbed some more on my cervix. I left and was supposed to come back at 6pm, but my contractions started at 4pm and my water broke at 5:15pm. By the time I made it to the midwife, it was 5:35 but I was only measuring 4cm dialated. Went to 10 cm in 20 min. He was born at 6pm.

Well I use a midwife and we decided to naturally induce me. She popped open a liquid pill called primrose and rubbed it on my cervix at 10am. I went home. Came back at 2pm and she rubbed some more on my cervix. I left and was supposed to come back at 6pm, but my contractions started at 4pm and my water broke at 5:15pm. By the time I made it to the midwife, It was 5:35 but I was only measuring 4cm dialated. He was born at 6pm.

yes i would like a medically explained article of what the heck membrane stripping exactly is and what the procedure consists of. Oh well I guess it's another question for the Doc. I hope my doctoc would never do anything without explaining what he was doing first. That's a pretty important expectation I have with any Doctor ESPECIALLY and OB/GYN.

I am 39 1/2 weeks today and at my check up yesterday and my Dr."stripped my membranes" I started having contrections and they continued all night, we went to the hospital thinking" this was it" to find out i wasnt dialated anymore than in the morning and tday i have no contractions at all ;(

Stripping of membranes did not hurt, there was just mild pressure. It lasted maybe all of 5 seconds. Definately not as bad as I anticipated. I would say don't be afraid of having this done.

I am due today but my Dr. stripped my membranes a week ago. Nothing happened all week, I went back to the Dr. today and he did it again. I'm seeing a bit of bloody show, but nothing else yet. We'll see what happens next!

Sooo when you get your "membranes stripped" do you go home or are u admitted??

Yesterday was my 39 week appointment, my doctor stripped my membranes. Its been about 24 hours now and Im having mild cramping but still nothing. SIGH!

so I had my membranes stripped with my first son, it is not that bad basicly you go into the office and set up for a vag exam!In order there is the cervix then the membranes and then baby...all the due is push around on the membranes and scramble them up to seperate the bag of water! After my membranes were stripped my water broke about 8 hrs later and contractions started 3 hrs afer that...5 more hours and I was holding my angel! The actual stripping is a bit painful but does not take long!!!

I had never heard of stripping the membranes until my sister said the doc did it to her. Basically, the doctor uses one finger, during a pelvic exam, to loosen the amniotic sac from the cervix in a circular motion. (not breaking your water) It's about 2 seconds, but can be VERY painful. My doctor did it without even asking me or explaining what it was! (same doc as my sister) This was on my due date, not even overdue yet. Within an hour I was having contractions.

yes - live up to your headlines or people will block the emails

I too got lost in the sauce. I'm still left with questions about the stripping.. BOOO!

Does anyone know anything of the membranes being stripped???

Not mentioned at all in the article is the use of a folley bulb (non-medicated method used during induction) or much mention of the use of a combination of methods, or that pitocin induced contractions are generally harder/ stronger than natural ones...

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE!!! This site is somewhat helpful through the course of pregnancy to give you an idea of what baby should be doing and how he's growing at different stages. But as far as clicking on a specific topic that you'd really like answers for, it always seems to redirect you to something that is completely off the subject you were looking for!! VERY VERY frustrating!!!!

I agree with lacarolann... Not sure I would fully say bait and switch, but maybe... I find it hard to find anything that I'm actually looking for and if it exists at all, 1/2 the time I give up, it takes too much time to find. I wanted Facts and Myths to know about Induction and now I'm finding all these other semi-related or completely unrelated things and I can't find the "facts and myths of induction... what I really want to know. Come on folks, get it together!

I was looking for the same info

The email said, "Will the Dr. need to strip your membranes?" but when I click on the link it takes me to an inducement story that doesn't address the details of membrane stripping. I'm getting tired of these bait and switch emails that don't link to the subject line. Quite annoying.