If you are happy to share and it's not personal, can I ask what condition you have? You don't have to answer, I was just curious since the induction was a suggestion so I am assuming it's not a life threatening condition? Of course if it was, induction to save a life is worth it, no matter what experiences other people have. But if its something optional which isn't bad as such, then avoiding an induction can avoid further complications and interventions. So you might have an induction to avoid something minor but end up with something major. Inductions are the major component of the start of the cascade of interventions. When you have one, you are more likely to have pain relief, and epidurals, then you are more likely to have an assisted delivery (forceps or vacuum) and if that fails then you get the only other option - c/s. Happened to my last client - she had all of those things.... epi, vacuum (failed), forceps (failed) then code green - emergency c/s.