Pitocin contractions are no joke ladies. Got my epidural. Feel great.
I had a higher level of pitocin with my son., Blake than I did with my son, Aaron. With Blake, as soon as I felt the contractions after they broke the other half of my water, I told them to give me the epidural.
With Aaron, I tolerated the pain for like.. 9 hours and got too tired and asked for the epidural and when I got it, it failed. I felt everything the whole way, but the pain wasn't intolerable like it was with Blake but I could tell the different between the two. Pitocin is evil.
Good luck