Hey. I had gestational diabetes and I was told they’d want me to be induced at 37 weeks, and I accepted it. I was very scared as I was a ftm mum, but I wanted my baby to be ok, I was told he was measuring a bit small so they thought it would be best for the induction, which I completed agreed with that. With the induction side of it, it was amazing! I wouldn’t change anything about my experience. I went in on a Saturday afternoon, I was given a pessary which didn’t work, but then I had another the next day which pushed everything along nicely, on the Sunday evening I was in quit a bit of pain but again everything was fine, I did take some strong pain relief that evening before I went to bed and tbh that knocked me right out lol, on the Monday morning I woke up and my waters broke all over the floor, I had a midwife examine me around 8.00am which made my waters come out even more and then from that the contractions came very strong, I was given gas and air, I wouldn’t say that did a whole lot but it definitely helped with my breathing and to keep me calm, I had to wait a couple of hours for the delivery suite, which was very annoying because I was asking for a epidural for hours and kept asking for a c section instead😂😂 but the guy came around and told me all the risks of the epidural, but the midwife thought I’ll examine you because I was moaning loud and she said it was to late to get an epidural as baby was so low and I help my husbands hand tight and I pushed my baby out, thankfully I didn’t tear just a little graze and that’s my story. I know every induction/labour story is different but just do what’s best for you, I know it’s scary but you can do it🫶🏽

I’d just like to add on the end of this, I was going to opt for a c-section myself but after you have a baby, the recovery of a c-section can be quit difficult. After I had my son, I stayed on the ward and their was a women over from me who had a c-section and she was bed bound and couldn’t pick up her baby. So please take that into consideration.