John Wesley Wes Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first known passage by persons of European descent through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the U.S. Geological Survey and proposed, for development of the ar
Remember that every woman is different. Inductions are more unpredictable than a non-induced labor, but every pregnancy, labor, and delivery is unique. Your induction may last a day or two, or you could have a textbook induction that places your baby in your arms in four hours from start to finish.
No one can accurately predict how long it will take to induce your labor, or how long the labor will take once it starts. Sometimes it takes just a few hours. However, if the cervix is unripe (hard, long and closed) it takes many hours or even a whole day or multiple days for an induction to work. Just like natural labor, induction takes longer for women when it is their first baby. If labor does not occur on the first day, you may be sent home. You and your clinician will decide if you need to return another day for another attempt, or wait for natural labor.