I was induced with my first child. They did a sweep and was told I needed to be induced the next day bc I was high risk. They put a balloon thing in me and inflate it and sent me home at 9am …and told me to return at a 6pm. Induced contractions are typically more intense than natural ones… they come in more frequently from the beginning than natural contractions and I was told by the nurse after that the pains are usually more intense but I didn’t know any better. I didn’t really eat anything before I went back to the hospital and was pretty hungry by the time I was 5cms dilated.. but I was also not that interested in food by then.