i have had one drip induction, one spontanous labour and one gel induction and ummm they all hurt lol.

no seriously the drip induction was the worst i was having full on contractions pretty much one on top of the other from around 10am until 5pm when dd was born, she also had to be born with the help of forceps after 2hrs of ineffective pushing.

ds was spontaneous and completely drug free, and dd #2 was induced via the gel (she was born in 1hr) and i can honestly say that both #2 and #3 where on a par with each other as in the contractions.

i have heard that the fast births are hard as you don't have that gradual lead up, but in all honestly my dd's birth was fantastic and i don't believe it was all that painful.

everyone is just so so different and every birth is equally as different