i know just aboyt everything that could be said has,the best advise i can give anyone is to go in with an open mind sure almost all of us want to do it with no p/r and as active as possible but it just isnt that straight forward for everyone yes i am having number six and had all of them vaginally and have been induced 4 times and probably will be again had an epi with number 1 as he was postierior and after 14 hours of having my waters brocken and nothing happening they wanted to induce me and thry told me they were going to speed it up big time and sugested the epi wich i didnt want at all but hey had the other 4 without any pain rel not even gas that dosnt make me great just very lucky i watched my sister in labour for 4 days and because they didnt beleve her by the time she got to delivery she was exhusted and not for the life of her could she get that baby out so they had to use forseps and the guilt she felt ,dosnt help that it was fairly easy for me and she kept compering but i go in everytime with the thought that if it gets to much i will have a bit of everything thanks i have nothing to prove to anyone and i will be going in with the same thought this time as it dose hurt well for most of us i had my 4th baby in 28 mins from first contraction till birth and i thought it was the most painfull of all and she was the only one had without being induced so who knows.