This is a clip from the documentary, 'The Business of Being Born.'

It contains comments from mothers (including Ricki Lake) who have been induced and what they thought of it. It then shows a cartoon of what happens when you get induced, what effect this has on the baby and why inductions all too often end up in emergency caesareans... and I hear/see this all the time happening right here, because induction of labour is known to increase the rate of emergency caesarean sections.

Note: Pitocin is what we call Syntocinon here in Australia, it's the same drug - so although they are in the US, doesn't mean this doesn't apply to us here, it's the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fPauJEy7fc
Hey there,
just thought I'd drop by and mention that I tried acupressure as a means of inducing my labor since when my last pregnancy was induced medically I found it painful and also that I was being made to fit in with their timetable. My husband tried acupressure on pressure points near my ankles and kept repeating this over the next day and I started labor soon after than. Now I can't say for sure whether the acupressure started my labor but it was well worth a try.