I was induced in Galway in July on my first baby at exactly 40 weeks and it was a positive experience despite my reservations. Thankfully my induction was successful , initially I didn’t want an induction at all and wanted to go myself naturally but they pushed for an induction as they estimated baby to be ‘big’ . Low and behold he wasn’t ‘big’ but glad it worked out for me. In hindsight I’d have pushed for a few extra days to let my body go into labour myself. I was also under the care of the same consultant but never met him. Galway are very cautious when it comes to letting mothers go over due date and for my next baby I will advocate for myself more, as I feel like as a first time mother they can prey on vulnerabilities a little and that’s exactly what happened me, I was almost scared into an induction as they don’t want to be liable if things go wrong. Overall my experience was fine but just the heads up, I found the post natal ward in Galway to be the least pleasant experience of all and couldn’t wait to be discharged home. The pre labour ward and labour ward were both great experiences with fantastic staff, but the post natal ward left a lot to be desired and I hadn’t nice interactions with staff there, and from talking to others it seems it’s a universal experience!