Just curious, did your Dr. tell you why he wants to induce? You didn't mention that in your post. I was induced with all my birthbabies and it was beacuse of High BP. There are also lots of ways to induce. I would ask what is the induction plan. I had an overnight in the hospital with a pill called miso something inserted into the cervix to soften it then the next day they put me on pitocin drip. My water broke on its own and my son was born that night.
You need to know that inductions are very intense. The contractions don't flow and peak like with natural labor. I wanted to have a birth center birth with my midwives and totally natural. I was disappointed to have to have an induction but I still did it natural (without drugs and letting things happen on there own) With my first 2 they broke my water, gave me drugs etc... My other suggestion would be to keep your water intact as long as possible. It minimizes the intensity of the contractions. They like to break water because they say it speeds up your labor, but that is not always the case. Plus if they break your water and your labor doesn't progress you are looking at a C-section. I was pleased to find that I could do the natural birth even with an induction. That is all my body knows and I would do it again if given the opportunity to have another baby. Be as informed as you can be and ask lots of questions before the date arrives. Make your decisions on what you want and don't want and then make them known. Because many times they just assume to do things without your ideas in mind. I made sure my hubby and midwife knew what I wanted and they spoke for me when I could not speak for myself. We talked to the Dr. on duty and she knew what I wanted too. I just asked that they talk to me before they decided to do anything. I was probably a pain in the rear patient for them. <img src="http://www.asklenore.com/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />