I was induced with both babies.. had no epidural on either. It wasn't as bad as people had described. I was allowed to walk around my room and change positions as I wanted. I think the key is talking to your doctor about your wishes and keeping an open mind. Both labors were beautiful!

also know that Pitocen (an artificial hormone) , is known to cause fetal distress due to impaired uterine blood flow. It can also cause hematomas, seizures, uterine rupture and post partum hemorrhage.

In many cases moms who are given pitocin have problems bonding with the child due to the drugs nature.

There is also a link between Pitocin and the rise of Autism

http://www.autismtoday.com/articles/ATTN_Researchers.htm

Please know what you are taking before deciding to induce.

Thanks for the info caterpillar unfortunately some high risk women don't have a choice but to be induced so hopefully those side affects are rare.

That is an interesting article CG. I had pitocin with both births (wasn't in birth plan) and Epidural (which was in the birth plan). Births went as expected and bonded fine with both boys. I would love to see more statistics on there possibly being a pitocin link to autism by an unbiased (is anyone really unbiased these days?) research group.

i'm so not bonding with my baby because my water broke early and had to be induced so as to not get an infection.

not to mention that it is a synthetic version of a mammalian hormone, oxytocin, which is the hormone that encourages let down and stimulates maternal instincts, among other things. so yeah, fall for that naturalist fallacy, why don't you and wave biased research?

This is a bad slide show as it is not based on facts... look at the facts before being induced. And to say no woman cares how her baby got here as long as he/she is healthy is a gross oversight of the importance of the birth process for both Woman and Baby. It is this chronic ignoring of this issue that causes so many women to get severely depressed after birth - which is at extremely high levels in our country, (most women feel bad for feeling let down by their birth experience) (yes, I know the hormones play a roll, but there are support groups all over that are crowded with woman who are trying to recover from the birth they ended up having - even years after their baby was born).

Interesting comments. I have always thought I was traumatized by the fact that my son was induced and I had to end up with an epidural when the pitocin made my contractions come way, way, way too fast (after my doc lied to me and promised she'd only break my water -- only way I even agreed to be induced -- and it wasn't for a medical reason -- only for her convenience). My milk never came in, which I also feel could be from being induced and my body not being ready to give birth. I was ashamed for awhile, angry, etc. I felt used by my doc, completely swindled. I am mostly over it now (3 years later) but my new doc better watch out when I get pregnant again -- I will be the birth-giver from HELL to get my way this time!!! Far too many docs talk young, naive pregnant ladies into inducing just to keep their own schedule "normal." I was one of them...

I was induced and bonded just fine with my baby! And my doctor gave me the option if I wanted to! It wasn't for her convinence!

I was induced with my first baby because I wanted to be! I never fell in love (or bonded) with someone or something so fast in my life. My milk came in great. I loved it! I got to know when my baby was going to be here and my grandma (who was in the room with me) and my grandpa (who passed away three months later) got to share the experience with me. I am 35 weeks preg. and I am being induced in 4 weeks. I have two friends who do not believe in medicines at all during birth and had no choice but to be induced due to High Blood Pressure, and the other low amniotic fluid. So sometimes you just really dont even have a choice!