Hi Bella

Firstly congratulations on your pregnancy and getting ready to meet your boys must be very exciting.

As the other posters indicate, being induced is a different experience for each individual. Staying active in labour as you suggest is a great way to help things move along, so I would suggest talking to your care providers about whether you can be moitored intermittently, rather than be constantly hooked up to monitors. It might help to get you moving part of the time.

I also wanted to say that they can't do anything that you don't consent to. So if you don't want an epidural, then make it very clear to them that its not something you want. The cannot force one on you just because its hospital policy. Generally, they want an epi in so if a c-section is required they can get you in faster. I have a friend who delivered twins at 38 weeks recently - they tried to make her have an epi during labour, but she declined. She did end up having an emerg c-section as one of the babies was in distress, but they were able to very quickly get her into theatre and epi in no problems. I also had an emerg c-section and they had me in theatre with the spinal block in very swiftly.

Writing a birth plan might also be a good idea to be clear about the things that are important to you for the birth of your boys.

Good luck!