Libby, when I had my induction they did the tablet up me, then were going to break my waters when that didn't work, but luckily postponed the breaking so mine went naturally.

Sadly, I was then classed as an induction so they "wouldn't let" me do a lot of natural things (or have a waterbirth), like when my contractions began to stop when I was pushing I wasn't allowed to just stop and let them re-start later, I needed the synctoin. So that meant an epidural too because I "needed" some pain relief (but they'd been telling me that all day!). Then because of the synctoin they had to clamp the cord and give me an artificial 3rd stage, so no letting the cord pulsate or the placenta come out normally.

However, it's YOUR treatment... get someone in there who can and will say NO for you if that's what you want. My DH ended up being another drug-pusher, which I'm a bit upset about still. I know what I wanted and it wasn't to be told that X had happened so I had no choice about Y and Z... you always have a choice, just the hospitals don't like you exercising it. And just remember, sometimes even though you don't want them to do XYZ, it can be the best for the baby and that's the most important. Only sometimes though, I don't think hours and hours of being monitored on your back is good for anyone ever. You have a right to refuse it or to have monitoring/treatment stopped... if I were more awake and DH backed me up more, I'd have ripped the things off myself!