When I was having my last bub I had the induction talk with one of the midwives and she said that with the gels you were committed to labour essentially and if they didn't work it would lead to further interventions - and I certainly did not want those. Also another risk of the gel was getting what the midwife called 'prostin pains' and and irritable uterus without them doing anything but make me miserable. So there is a risk that if you have the gel and it doesn't work, that you will end up with what you don't want anyway. Personally I'd leave well enough alone - there is every chance that you will go into labour between now and then anyway without the induction so I'd be trying natural induction methods to see if that helped. I'm sorry that you are having to make this decision in these circumstances though