August moon mum, I just wanted to say I admire your attitude about your birth and your courage and positive outlook with regards to the problem your baby has. I'm sure no matter what happens with your induction experience, you are strong enough to handle it.

I was induced with my first baby with gel, 3 lots and cervix scraped just a day shy of 37 weeks due to PreEclampsia and liver and kidney problems. I paced alot which helped me stay off the drip as keeping that active and upright didn't allow things to slow down, well I reckon it helped. I also opted not to have any drugs at all, not even gas, as I was worried about anything slowing down the contractions and being put on a drip. I had a bad birthing experience in the second stage, but this was not due to the induction but the midwife I had and her decisions. I had a posterior labour which also had nothing to do with the induction, but this made it very painful.

Anything can make a birthing experience bad, most talk of medical intervention or doctor's and their attitude wrecking their experience, in my case it was due to a midwife who had a bad attitude and made bad decisions and should have called in a doctor, then lied to cover up the dangerous situation she put my son in. I'm all for little medical intervention, but in my case, I needed it.

I think it's great that you can attempt a natural birth with your bub's problem and I think you will be fine. I'm also birthing at the JHH for the first time (I'm using the birthing centre option if my PE stays managable), and I've only heard good things about it.