TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Labor Management A1 - Aristizabal, Michelle Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Natural Labor and Birth: An Evidence-Based Guide to the Natural Birth Plan AB - I want labor to begin on its ownI had really hoped for a natural labor, but when I went to the doctor for my 39wk visit, he told me that he induced all of his patients if they hadn’t gone into labor by three days after their due date. Unfortunately, my labor did not start on it’s own and so I went to the hospital for my induction. My cervix was only dilated one centimeter, so they first had to soften it. They put a pill in my vagina every few hours and then, once I was dilated enough, they broke my water and started pitocin. The contractions were really intense and so I ended up asking for the epidural after about eighteen hours into the induction. After twenty-four hours, I hadn’t dilated past six centimeters and my doctor said it had been going on too long and my baby was in danger of an infection, so they took me back for a cesarean. I often wonder what would have happened if we had just waited.—P. S., new mother SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/07 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159260531 ER -