With inductions they generally start with the gel and give you a few doses to get things started. If things don't progress quick enough for them, they often want to put a syntocin drip in to get the contractions going. Once you are on the drip, they will want to monitor you closely. Make sure you ask if you can move during monitoring and find different positions you can do when you are connected to things like IV lines. Also ask if you can be taken off the monitor for a period to be able to have a shower etc. If things don't progress with the drip they may want to rupture your membranes (break the waters) to get things moving.
Have a read of the articles on the main site about inductions, I know that they seem biased against inductions, but sometimes there is a medical reason for it & the more informed you are the more you & your partner can make decisions about the induction beforehand.
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