I was induced with DS2.

My waters broke just after a shower and they had a green tinge to them. I went to a routine dr appt and was then told i needed to go to the hospital. My first reation was NO because even though i knew my waters were broked i had not yet felt any contractions and knew this could possibly mean induction.

Upon arrival at the hospital i was starting to feel regular contractions. I was examined and it was found that it was my hind waters that had broken. I was then given an unltrasound to make sure bub was head down and not bum down (because of the hind waters). I was told that i could be going to a c-section if it was bum down.

All fine though head was down. I was taken to a birthing suite and still things were coming along on their own. Not fast enough though (for the midwives) so i was put on a synto drip. Within about an hour of arriving at the hospital i think that was. So i had been expereincing my own contractions and then once the drip had been inserted the change in contractions was soooo much more intense. But it was managealble i only ever had some gas throughout the whole thing. DS2 was then born about 2 hours later, a happy and healthy little man.

Induction had always been a fear of mine since my first pregnancy but i must say i had a pretty good induction expereince. It is hard to know though how much of a part the induction played compared to the process my own body would have taken. I think it just sped things up quite a bit.

This may not work or may not be an option but are you able to go and have some accupunture to prepare for next week? With DD i was getting close to my due date and i had always gone early so i decided to go have some accupunture. The first appt i was told was to 'move things down' and then my next appt would have been to 'really get things moving along'. I never made it to the next appt and who knows if the 1 appt that i had had an effect on bringing DD along?? But if you could help prepare your body early that could possibly help with having a positive induction expereince also.

Good luck i hope you little one is in your arms very soon and you can relax and enjoy motherhood