Now I know why I live in a small town. My first child was 2 weeks overdue, and after my afternoon appointment with my doctor (a GP in this small community), he told me to head over to the hospital after 5 (since he was still in the clinic until 5 pm). I did so, and by 6 pm, I was on a drip of either oxytocin or pitocin. I was contracting, but not much happening, so the doctor broke the amniotic sac about 10 pm. I slammed into full labor and my son was born 4 1/2 hours later. That wasn't really a scheduled induction, nor was it an emergency one, as the doctor said we could conceivably have held off for another day or two. He probably firgured with a first baby that I'd be there 12 hours or more, so he could take the night off and pop in just before rounds, deliver the baby, and still make it to the clinic on time.
