It's best not to go past 42 weeks because it can be bad for the baby. I was induced with my first and yes it hurt but I did it without pain killers and didn't have to have a csection. It's actually the combination of pitocin with the epidural that make a csection more likely. Just know that you did everything you could to wait but after 42 weeks you really have no choice and there is nothing wrong with that. Good luck!

My personal experience is do what makes you happy! I did with my son (my second) until I had an emergency c-section. I never got to experience labor with my daughter (my first), I had a c-section with her (not by choice). I tried for a VBAC and I went into labor on my own, my contractions were starting out every 1-2 minutes apart, my body didn't build up to the full on labor part, it just went into full blown labor. I was good to go until the next morning I got up and the monitor had slipped off my belly and his heart rate was to low. It turns out he had flipped himself in the transverse position and has the cord around his neck. My point is just because your induced it wouldn't up your chances anymore than normal labor. I begged to be induced at 39 weeks and they wouldn't. Do what makes you happy girl, unless there's an emergency! Oh another tip my doctor gave me: "Have sex! What put him or her in there will get him or her out!"