@ice-princess, my water broke I went in they induced me I got to a 6&1/2 got a epidural was in labor for 14 hours total and it took 42 mins to push him out.
everyone is different. me personally I was induced without and epidural with my first. some people say being induced is the worst ever but when I look back on it I'm like nah it really wasn't that bad. yeah it's painful but I think the contractions and tearing were the worst part. pushing wasn't bad. my mom with her first went natural and was going in and out of consciousness from the pain. just depends on ur pain tolerance I suppose.