i was induced at 37+1 with DD (purely my choice) and was 3cm dialted with a incompetant cervix so its lazy in general.

my waters were broken( no gel req as my cervix was already soft so no need to soften it) and i walked for 2.5hrs and things got happening, was contacting every 3 mins...

i still had the drip BUT now i think back i should have refused it becasue i would have probably done ok keeping things up myself, but in a high stress preg i just wanted DD here and didnt care how she got here.

HTH