Thanks Pomme and Stacks 
Well... where to start?! I was booked to be induced on Friday at 40+13 as dd had no signs of making an appearance on her own! Even though I was there when my midwife booked my induction, they had no record for me at the hospital and I had to wait for a phone call back to see if they could fit me in. Thankfully they could, so told me to get in for 9am. I had to wait around until 2pm for the pessary as they needed to contact the MLU for my hospital notes.
Pessary was fine, and I was monitored until 4pm, at which point I was allowed home for 6 hours. At about 8/9pm I started to get regular back pain and thought it could be contractions starting so DH timed them and they were every 3-4 minutes lasting 40ish seconds. So returned to hospital at 10pm as planned and checks were done. We mentioned the back pains but the midwife didn't seem overly concerned and sent me home as planned, telling me to return at 2pm the following day.
We got home and contractions were strong and close together. I used a tens machine - I don't know if it helped, but at least it felt like I was doing something. I was getting concerned as the hospital is around a 25-30 minute drive away and so I felt I needed to be back there. DH called the hospital and they agreed I could go in, and go straight to the delivery ward.
Was examined when I got there and was told I was only 2cms dilated and wasn't in labour yet. They said what I was feeling was just the effects of the pessary. I was so disappointed I wasn't further along than I felt, and was worried about how much worse it would feel later on! I was still shown to a room though, and could use the ball/bed/bath. I had a bath at about 3am but DH forced me to get out after a little while as I kept falling asleep and DH said it was too cold as I kept shivering (I think I was shivering through nerves/stress/shock though).
At around 4am I asked for gas and air as I felt I couldn't cope, but the midwife said as I wasn't in labour I couldn't have it yet, and could go home if I wanted. I refused to go home and she said I'd need to go back onto the anti natal ward which I really didn't want to do, as I didn't fancy sharing a room with 3 others and feeling in so much pain. I suggested to the midwife that maybe I was further along than they had initially thought/had progressed quickly, but she wouldn't examine me as I had only been examined a couple of hours before so she suggested I have pethadine so I could return to the ward and try and sleep. I hadn't wanted pethadine after being told about it in NCT classes, but agreed, so was given pethadine and anti sickness at around 5am. I was shown back to the ward, stopping to vomit into a sink and block it 
, and slept for around an hour. DH was sent home to rest too.
When I woke up I realised my waters had broken so was examined at 6:30am and told I was 9cm dilated! I was so happy! I rang DH to come back and meanwhile was taken back to a delivery room and allowed gas and air. Everything is kind of a blur from then. DH returned and was pleased to see I was in much brighter spirits than when he'd left me! I was talking with him quite happily between contractions. The contractions were so much more managable than what I'd been feeling when I had returned to the hospital in the early hours of the morning.
I got to the stage where the midwife said I should start pushing. I wasn't keen to lay on my back, so she had me trying kneeling on the bed, laid on my side with 1 leg in a stirrup, laid on my back, and laid on my back with both legs in stirrups! My contractions started slowing down to every 5 minutes or so, so the midwife gave me a drip to get them going again. Due to the slow contractions I ended up pushing for over 2 hours, but finally DD was born at 12:20pm, weighing 7lbs 13oz She was perfect
I had a 2nd degree tear so was stitched up, and I fed DD. I was warned I may need to stay in for a night as I was still losing too much blood, but in the end the midwife was happy and I was discharged. We got home at 8pm on Saturday, and so far things are going really well
So sorry for such a long post!! But I wanted to get it all down while I still remembered, and thought it'll be nice for me to look back on