Another thing to remember too is that ANY drug you take for pain relief will pass through to the baby - even the gas, which is oft touted as a harmless form of pain relief is not without it's risks. Peth is particularly bad in that it can give you a very doey and sleepy baby - something which is NOT good for establishing a breasfeeding relationship, especially if given late in the labour.
It sounds like you don't have much a choice and some women are perfectly fine with the 'it doesn't matter how they get here' line, but if how you birth is important to you, then you can still reclaim it for yourself to a degree. I have had 1 syncto induction out of 4 births and it nearly killed me physically - it was so much more demanding of my body (imagine clenching your fist over and over and over for hours and see how tired your hand feels after that) and I also had a retained placenta and a post partum haemorrage which I eventually needed a large blood transfusion to try to correct. I had to go to theatre after my baby was born and have my placenta manually removed under a general anaesthetic because to do so with only a local was considered too traumatic because they have to insert their arm into your vagina and peel the placenta off the wall of your uterus - not a pretty picture I can tell you. Maybe I was just unlucky becuase you hear of so many "good" induction stories, but I'm just sharing my experience with you as have others.
Good luck for today Holly. Hope things go well. With any luck breaking your waters will be enough to get things going. It sounds like you trust your doctor, and that is good - with PE you have to be careful, but that doesn't mean you can't ask 'why?' when they suggest things.
Soon you'll be holding your baby!
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