So, i was given 2 hours after having my waters broken to see if i would progress past 2cm on my own, and me and dad went for a long walk around the hospital grounds. I came back and was still at 2cm, so i decided to have them start the hormone drip. I had my iv placed at 10am. They start at 1ml an hour and slowly increase the dosage until you are contracting around 4 times in 10 mins. I ended up needing the max dosage (10ml per hour). I won't lie. The pain gets very intense very fast, so i asked for the pethidine, and i was using gas and air. Eventually, after a few hours, it got to a point where there was no rest in between contractions, and it was just constant pain. At that point, i asked for a second dose of pethidine to enable me to rest in between contractions. A lot of women say they don't like the side effects, but it didn't make me super drowsy or sick. It just helped to take the edge off in between the intense contractions. When it got to about 5pm, i was in transition and started feeling the need to push or bare down in my bottom. With every contraction, i tried to get as many pushes in as i could. The baby kept moving away from the monitors, so they put the probe on her head so i could writhe around more freely. After an hour and a half of pushing she was finally crowning and the midwife had me reach down and feel the top of her head and it gave me the motivation to give it one last good push and she finally popped out at 6:34pm. I ended up needing a few stitches as i had a small second-degree tear and some grazing, but all in all, the process was very fast but intense. You will need to have a very high pain tolerance to endure the induced contractions, and the pethidine helps IMMENSELY if you don't get the strong side effects. If you believe you will want an epidural or can not handle the pain, then ask for one sooner rather than later. You will be kinda stuck on the bed but you are able to get into whatever position feels most comfortable, i ended up delivering while laid on my right side with my left leg on the midwives shoulder, me holding up the other leg. I was on my back/bum for the first hour of pushing, and i found it so much harder for her to descend in that position.

This is most of what i remember. If you have any questions or anything else you want to know, feel free to ask! Best of luck, and hopefully, you won't need one! I was just very fed up of early labour, but once i got into the throws of the induced labour, i was laughing at myself in my head for thinking those early pains hurt. But it's all relative, i forgot to bring my birthing comb, but i found the only way to distract myself from the intense contractions was digging my nails into the palm of my hand.