Hi I was induced with DS at 36wks due to BP but was already 4cm so went straight to ARM and the drip. I left my dr surgery at 1pm, 1:30pm my waters were broken (not painful as I was already 4cm and baby was low) but the thing they break your waters with does look a bit scary. I had my first contrax at 1:40 but they wanted the contrax 2 min apart so the drip went in at 2. They kpt turning it up until contrax were 2 min apart and 30-45 sec long. I spent most of the time hanging onto the bed rail, rocking and squating thru the contrax and they weren't that bad. By 3:30pm I had some gas and was on all fours at 8cm, unfortunately :-) I pulled my drip out about here and they decided to let me go and see how we went. By 4pm I was fully dilated however it took me 2hrs to push as th stupid dr would only let me push on my back on the bed (sucky dr) my ds was born at 6:09pm.

In comparison my second labour I had just ARM and the labout was A LOT more painful, contraction were on top of each other and my DD was born 3hrs after ARM, 2 hrs after my contraction were established.

My advice is to stay on your feet, use the shower, relax and use your visualisation. Labour in the bathroom as they can't do continuous monitoring in there if it'sannoying you (tell them you have to go to the loo if they don't want to let you go) Don't get hung up on it going to be more painful as when your uptight it is harder for your body to labour and it hurts more.

What position is bubs in? If you have time it is a good idea to visit a chiro before the induction to make ure your pelvis is in alignment. Good luck and all the best