My waters broke with DD and then...nothing so I had synto...nothing for 5 hours and then bam 0-100 in seconds and 8 hours of full on labour with 3 of those hours pushing. A great midwife and advocate helped me to avoid intervention (though I did get an episiotomy) and when my daughter was born I felt like superwoman.
Then I would hear people tell me about birth and say things like "I said to my partner... or I said to my partner..." and think...you could talk? I couldn't do anything in labour. It was full on. And was exhausted afterwards.
Fast forward 2 years and 11 weeks ago I went into natural labour with DS at 41 weeks...exactly the same gestation as my DD. It was amazing. Between contractions I got a rest, I could talk, I could make sure DD was ok and my recovery was much quicker
So...given a choice I would choose natural labour anyday but when I think of DD's birth I think it was an amazing, wonderful experience. So I would be disappointed if I needed another induction in the future but I would still expect an awesome birth and have faith in my body to birth my baby!
Whatever happens...you are about to meet the baby that you've incubated for 9 months....that is a pretty positive experience altogether
My one piece of advice is not to expect induction to mean anytihng...like more pain....or more intervention....they are often easier after someone's had a baby before, they might be able to rupture your membranes and you won't even need monitoring.
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