Is labour more painful when induced?

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**Sorry for my grammar, English is not my first language** 
Hello Ladies, 
I had my first baby at 41w + 5d. I was not even 1 cm dialated so I had to get a baloon to get me to 3-4 cm, that was sooo painful! 
Next day I came back to the hospital at 9 in the morning. and thankfully I was dialated. Then they put an IV on me and the contractions started. I could not handle the pain and sitting made it a bit less painful. But when the dr came back at 1pm I was only at 5cm. I wanted to cry my eyes out. 
My mother told me to lay down coz it would speed up the process. And she was so right. The contractions became unberable, so I asked for an epidural. It didn’t really work for me. Finally after 9 hours of intense pain my babygirl came at 6pm. The pushing part was only 14 minutes! (THank God) 
Anyways I’m terrified of contractions and I wonder if it’s always that painful? Or did the induction made it worse?

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My experience with induction is that the contractions are intense and close together way before they would be if I wasn't induced. It was at like 3cm that I was having pain I could barely move with and it happened every minute. So it was unnaturally painful and coming too quick before I was even close to being dilated or to pushing.

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Yes. I’ve been induced and had a spontaneous labor. I’d take spontaneous labor any day. My first ended in csection and my second was a spontaneous successful VBAC

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Honestly it was the same for me

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so I was induced with my 2nd and the only difference I experienced was contractions for 3 days after. I personally don't think I'd ever do it again mainly because I did it to satisfy my mother in law who lives out of state and was leaving in 3 days.

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I was induced with my first at 37 weeks due to decels in his heartrate. I was 3cm already and I went straight to pitocin. By 6 cm I was SCREAMING for an epidural. I went into natural labor with my daughter at 32 weeks and was calmly talking at 9cm. My induction was 1000x worse than natural

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i had my first natural at 39 weeks.. that pain was bearable and only pushed 2 times not even 2 hours after the doc broke my water.. with my second, i was induced at 39 weeks 3 days, my contractions were so much worse and i was literally screaming, cursing, crying and begging for the epidural. if its not 1000% needed, i would not recommend!

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My first was more painful- 40+1- natural, I found the contractions a lot worse and was pushing for SO much longer.
Induced @ 41 weeks with my second  (pessary)- it was quicker, less painful contractions and only pushed 4 times.
I guess it just depends on how ready your body is when you get induced

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My induction was horrible but I never had a natural birth so I can’t compare

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My first I was induced and ended up getting an epidural as soon as I had reached the earliest point I could get it. That shit was the strongest pain I had ever felt. My second was a natural water birth and I didn't even realize I was in labor until I called and talked to my mom, and by then (after realizing they were actually contractions lol) contractions were barely 5 minutes apart and I got to the hospital at 6 cm dilated. So I looked like a huge baby with my first in comparison to my second. The pain was rough and intense of course, but definitely paled in comparison to when they gave me pitocin.

Is labour more painful when induced?

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