I haven't read the other responses. For me, my natural labour was easier by far than my induced labour. I had alot of pre labour with my natural labour and wasn't even convinced I was in labour when I went to hospital. I actually only went in for some panadene and sleeping tablets because I hadn't slept much in days. But when I got there they checked me and I was 8cm dialated and almost ready for my baby to come. With my DD I was induced and went for no contractions or anything to contractions on top of each other in a few hours. I was in the labour room for almost 23 hours in labour it was only that I was sooo determined not to have a c/s that I managed to stay there that long, plus I think it was a pretty busy night for the midwives and ob's so I got away with it! I was threatened with c/s a few times and then after pushing for about 2hours, they threatened me again, and then with a vacuume extraction. It was only that the ob took so long to come to me that I managed to push with ALLLL my might and get her out on my own.