This is a bit offside - but in the interest of fairness (and trust me I totally come from a don't induce if you don't need to point of view!), as far as I know, both my mum's labours were induced 3 hour labours with no other intervention. Having said that - apparently she had a tendency to wander around a few cm's dilated in the last weeks, so it's not like her body was entirely un-ready (in fact, apparently with me, the placenta had started to peel away, though they didn't know it beforehand, so it could have done me a favour). Perhaps they'd have been even better experiences if she'd been able to go at her own pace, perhaps she'd have gone into labour in that day or so anyway, I don't know...But the slightly off topic point is that in at least two cases it hasn't resulted in a cascade of intervention.
Which might end up being helpful to know - in that, obviously my feelings are to avoid unnecessary intervention! But if after a million days, you're still not in labour or there's some other deciding factor and you do decide to go down that road - armed with knowledge and good birth support, I wanted you to know that it can go quite well. I hope that hasn't complicated things - I would just hate for you to be in total panic because we've all assured you of disaster if there is any intervention. If induction ends up being your best case scenario for some reason, I still think you can go into it informed and empowered and have a good birth experience. xo
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