hi sloane, I have been induced twice, second time worked thankgod! and I too was stuck to the bed the whole time and was in terrible back pain and didn't want to move, I found listening to my ipod helped and keeping my eyes closed most of the time, i did use the gas and I tried to rythmically breathe on it and focus on that, iiiiin and oooout and blocked everything else out. Have you ever thought of having a foley catheter instead of the gels, much less risk and once it falls out you know you are at least 3-4cm and that is mentally encouraging instead of wondering what is happening for the whole night with the gels. I found it less painful than those cramps you get with the gels. best of luck