I was induced as i had PE, my bp was very high and ob preffered me to have an epidural. We agreed that he would let me labour without one as long as BP remained relatively stable, if it started going up i would have epidural. i laboured for 5 hrs without one, then bp started going up. (incidently i had a mobile monitor on, and was not on bed at all)
I was glad i was induced, bub had stopped growing and placenta had started to die. Ob showed me placenta, and i could see the infarcted areas. She was only 2.6 kg at 39 weeks.
Good luck with it all xxx