Sunshine, mine felt very "natural" despite the fact that they were helped along. I didn't have internals or anything, was able to do what I wanted. Really the only thing that was different was the monitoring. In fact, my last labour which was more spontaneous was much more disrupted by my annoying midwife than any of the inductions had been!
One extra thing - afterpains can hurt more after an induction, and certainly more so with subsequent babies. Also, it can take a little longer for your milk to come in after an induction for some reason, so be really scrupulous about making sure you can get the baby to the breast as soon as possible, and have a lot of skin to skin and nurse, nurse, nurse! I think neonatal jaundice is more common with inductions too but I could be wrong there.





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