Tegan,
It's great that you are birthing your baby at a birth centre. Midwives in these centres are usually very pro active drug free labour. They will have lots of tricks up their sleeves in terms of positions, encouragement etc.
Even though I have never had an induced labour my first labour was quite arduous (I am being polite). I wouldn't have made it without the support of my woman birth support. No matter how much I love my husband or how great he is, it just doesn't ring true when he says YOU CAN DO IT, NOT LONG NOw! We are all different but I know through all my labours when he has said that I have felt intense anger!!! I remember in my first labour asking him how the hell he would know this!!! A woman who has birthed can really tell you and support you. So if you have access to a support person then that would be wonderful. Being at a birth centre you are likely to have formed a relationship with your midwife and that is the best possible way to birth.(knowing your midwife)
I do disagree that it's best to go in with out plans. I think you need to have a firm idea of what you want and what you don't and why. For me I knew I didn't want narcotics and I knew why. These are all personal choices that each woman has to make in an informed way. Without having an idea of what you want and what you want to do in certain situations I think makes things tough on the day. Of course we need flexibility because sometimes unforseen circumstances occur. However, again we are all different.
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