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How Long Does Cervidil Take To Induce Labor. Every hour the insert gradually releases 03 mg of dinoprostone into the vagina. In most healthy pregnancies labor usually starts spontaneously between 37 and 42 weeks of pregnancy. Im trying to remember I think I had it in for 8 hours but it may have been 12. Cervidil is like a very tiny tampon placed on your cervix with medicine on the end to cause your cervix to thin and stretch.
Cervidil can only be prescribed by a doctor and administered by a medical professional. If a womans cervix is not dilated or dilated only a little cervidil can be used. Im trying to remember I think I had it in for 8 hours but it may have been 12. But how long it takes Pitocin to induce labor varies. The basic shape of cervidil is like a tampon. Cervidil is available in multiple forms in the pharmacies.
It can take from a few hours to as long as 2 to 3 days to induce labour.
How does it work. The Cervidil has to keep in for 12 hours. The hope is that the cervix will have dilated enough for the doctors to break your water and start Pitocin. The first step is getting your cervix ready for labour. Its hard to tell when exactly a mother will go into labor after being induced by Pitocin. They needed to watch my baby and I at the hospital for 2 hours after I was given the Cervidil and if nothing happened in those 2 hours then I would be sent home to try to get labour going.