So I'm currently staring down the barrel of my first induction. I never thought I'd be in this position as DS1 and DS2 were born spontaneously before their due date ... but this baby boy is insisting on hanging around. It's been doing my head in on many levels, but I've realised I can't fight it - I've tried EVERYTHING (acupuncture, RLT/EPO, clary sage, DTD etc) naturally to bring on labour but (so far) to no avail. Of course, there's still 30-odd hours till I'm due at the hospital, so keeping my fingers, toes - anything but my legs - crossed for a spontaneous start to things.

I "think" the issue is bub is still a bit high, but my cervix is soft and as of Tuesday I was 1-2cm dilated. I've been feeling a ton of sensation, so it "feels" like my cervix should only have ripened further, but who knows.

My question ... how can I minimise medical intervention if induced? I'm a confident natural "birther" and I have no issue with vocalising/putting my foot down to hospital staff. So at this stage I've agreed to gels on Sunday night, and waters broken on Monday. I don't want synto at all unless there's a complete stall in the process.

Any tips on keeping intervention to a bare minimum provided bub is ready and rarin' to go?