Tarlia re induction - I was induced with dd2 40+8ish. I went into the hospital at 10pm at night, was woken at 5ish, given pessary gel, had a doze, read books, mags, watched TV, had breakfast, listened to i-pod, just passed the time of day, was given another gel at about 11am, on monitoring machine for about 30 mins at about 2ish. Had lots of baths, started to feel discomfort but not pain.
Had a bath , at about 4pmish, while in bath, contractions started, took my breath away, called midwife was 7cm, taken down to delivery room, had dd2 at 6.30pm, no drip, very active, had her whilst kneeling at side of bed, happened very quickly, ie waters broke, midwife had to cut knickers off me!!, dd2 arrived 2 mins later!!!
I found it very positive, fast and pain much more controllable, than with dd1, it was a much longer labour (she was back to back), I went into spontaneous labour, labour was about 17 hours, only active labour for about 7 hours, very stop, starty. I wasn't very active, back was really sore due to position but it was certainly doable and I forgot about it the minute I saw her 