With DD I was petrified and induced and it was REALLY painful. All I could think of was the pain. Labour lasted 23hrs from first contractions to birth. I was on my back in bed with monitors and the drip in and I was miserable, scared of a c/s (which had been threatened because my labour was slow). Thankfully, with DS's 1 and 2, the shower was a godsend, I moved around more, and my gorgeous Doula helped me focus. And once things got really serious, I closed my eyes and focused on the contractions, feeling the baby and my breathing. I thought of the contractions as my body pushing baby down and out and visualised it. I didn't think of it as being painful.