Induced Labour

Hello, first time mother here. So yesterday evening had my 38 weeks + check up at SGH and doctor has checked that I was around 1 to 2 cm dilated already. Doctor has suggested to do induced labour for me tomorrow which means today as I write this post. This is due to the reason of low fetal movement. After doing heart tracing, heartbeat is all okay, had 3 to 4 contractions in 10 minutes which honestly I didn't knew or felt. That's another reason why doctor wanted to induced because I can't count or feel my contractions. Doctor fear that I might have stillbirth which would then be too late. I want to do natural delivery and seeing the posts about induced being more painful scares me. I am only 24 years old and my husband is also worried but he also thinks its the best for me and our baby cause either way, both can end up on emergency c sect for natural and induced as advised by my gynae. Anyone can share their experience on induced labour and what I should do? Any advises? Doctor eventually told me, it is up to me to decide whether I choose induced or wait it out for natural delivery. I am conflicted and scared. I don't know what to do.

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Hihi, I was induced at 39w5d, and was also 1 to 2 cm dilated then. I'm a FTM too, so I don't know if it's more painful than without inducement. Sharing with you my rough timeline of natural birth labour progression, hope it will help. 0745 checked in and changed etc 0815 doctor came to burst water bag 0915 put on oxytocin drip 1200 requested for epidural 1255 5cm dilated 1345 8cm dilated 1700 about 10cm dilated. Pushed into delivery ward (due to the crowd that time in TMC, I was in observation ward firsr? 1750 baby born (: Of course everyone will have different experience. Just wanna let you know there are not so bad cases out there. I will advise to trust your doctor, and just opt for epidural if you cannot take the pain. Jiayou mummy!

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