I was induced with the gel for both my boys at 41 weeks. With DS1 I was 2 cm dilated when they applied the gel at 8pm, my waters broke by themselves around 1am and started to get mild contractions (I actually didn't think I was in labour!) and was 9 cm by 8am!

With DS2 I was 1cm dilated, the gels went in around 9pm and I started to get tightenings immediately, once again my waters broke spontaneously around 2am and he was born at 3.35am, so much quicker!

I was really glad that we decided to stay at the hospital both times as everything progressed pretty quickly. Seeing as it is your second baby and the cervix is soft hopefully you'll only need the gel, your body has done this before!