I was induced with my first birth, post dates and it was a painful traumatic birth which ended with a epidural and forceps delivery...I was fine at the time and thought along the same lines as you, I'll just get an epidural next time straight away..but after reading 100's of positive birthing stories I decided I would try for a natural birth with my second but no expectations

I ended up having the most wonderful birth with DS that I said straight away, " I want to do that again!!" T
The pain is so different, it's is hard to even compare the two, the contractions at their worse in my second birth (just before pushing) were not nearly as painful as the with my first and I did it without pain relief the second time around
Honestly I would choose never to be induced again if I go back for a third, to be honest it makes me feel sad to think that I may never give birth again!! And after my first I Never wanted to do it again, so a big difference for me.

Hope that makes sense, feel like I have rambled a bit...Good Luck