Is induction more painful than a natural labor?

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Being induced just brings on the contractions quicker and harder then if you went naturally. So instead of slowly progressing to the more painful contractions, they tend to happen much faster.

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With my first I was induced. It was horrible from my experience. I was in labor from 5:30am until 8:50pm when my son decided to come out. I feel if I would have just waited then it wouldn’t have been so bad. I was only 1cm when I went in and i think that might be the reason it took longer but I’m not sure. With this baby I’ll wait it out until I go into labor myself.

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I was a first time mom and was induced because of fetal distress and honestly labor wasn’t even bad. I labored for 5 hours without an epidural and made it to 7cm dilated before it got tough and even then it was just bad for the contractions and then stopped once it was over but I still opted for an epidural because I did not want to feel pushing. 😬 So I don’t really know if inductions cause more pain because I’ve never been in natural labor but it wasn’t bad even being induced.

Is induction more painful than a natural labor?

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