I think there are certain conditions that will favour a succesful induction versus a failed one that leads to a c-section. If you've already started contracting and your cervix it ripened, that might be more successful than starting from zero. With my first baby, my waters hadn't broke, but my contractions had started and because of back labour, they were especially painful. I checked into the hospital about 12 hours into labour, but found out that my contractions weren't strong enough yet to really get dilated. I was probably stuck at 1cm for about 30 hours. From there, I asked for an induction (QMH), which they will usually do if you've been labouring for more than 24 hours. They broke my waters and put me on syntocin. I also then got an epidural which helped me get some rest and relax so my body could do its job with the contractions. It took about 8 hours to fully dilate and be ready to push. Luckily, it only took about 30min to push. They gave you some time parameters, 12 hours from beginning of induction and 1 hour to push before using instruments to help baby come out.
With my second baby, my private doctor said my baby was on the bigger side and that because my cervix was already ripened at 38 weeks, my chances of a successful induction were higher. Then upon my visit to QMH doctor, he said that they would rather wait to induce which I'm glad because I was a little afraid since we weren't even 40 weeks yet. The doctor was like, this is your second baby, you can do it even if baby is on the bigger side. Well, our second baby came the day before is "due date" and naturally with NO epidural this time and no induction! Trust your body and your baby. Unless medically necessary, don't get induced because it could set you up for other problems for you and baby.
With my second baby, my private doctor said my baby was on the bigger side and that because my cervix was already ripened at 38 weeks, my chances of a successful induction were higher. Then upon my visit to QMH doctor, he said that they would rather wait to induce which I'm glad because I was a little afraid since we weren't even 40 weeks yet. The doctor was like, this is your second baby, you can do it even if baby is on the bigger side. Well, our second baby came the day before is "due date" and naturally with NO epidural this time and no induction! Trust your body and your baby. Unless medically necessary, don't get induced because it could set you up for other problems for you and baby.