I helped my sister have a very empowering induction two years ago. She'd had #1 baby at 41+3 spontaneously and vaginally and went to 42 with #2 baby, at which point she agreed to induction.

Ask them to start as low key as possible. Gels, night before. Two doses. My sister didn't have gels but I'm sure there are rules like you need to remain horizontal for a certain amount of time after they are administered, no going to the loo, etc. Make sure you ASK and follow the rules, to give the gels the most chance to work as possible.

Come morning, if you're still there, ask for the next least invasive thing - AROM. Once they've ruptured your membranes, get walking. Get rocking, bouncing on a fit ball, anything. If they decide you need monitoring, ask for wireless monitoring.

Actually, you need to ask for that straight up - as soon as you are admitted. At my sister's hospital, they only had one room with a wireless monitor and if she hadn't requested it when she arrived, she'd have been put in another suite and told she couldn't access the wireless monitor once the induction had started.

So, after AROM - get moving. Movement is the best thing to start contractions. Ask for a few hours for things to start off naturally. Push for as long as you can. If they say 1hr, ask for 2. Then get out of the room and walk the hospital grounds - if they can't find you, they can't start the drip

Once YOU are happy that you've given your body a chance and things aren't happening, head back in and ask them to start the synto drip on half the strength they normally would. Then ask them to delay increasing it, as much as possible.

It sounds like your body is getting itself all ready and I wouldn't be surprised if a dose of gels or AROM is all that's needed to kick you off. But if you have to get onto the synto drip, that's ok. Just do what I said above.

If you're worried that you won't remember all these things - can you get a birth partner/doula who will be a strong advocate for you? That's what I was for my sister. I was the one who asked for the wireless monitor. I asked for the half dose of synto. I asked them to delay increasing it and by the end, they had turned the synto off and my sister was doing it all herself.

You can do this too. You can be strong and empowered - just because you're being induced doesn't strip you of all your rights.

Hang in there