I was expecting it to be a lot worse. Either way labour is painful lol but I was only in labour for 7 hours after my waters were broken (I had milder contractions before that when the pessary was inserted) they kept upping the dose on my hormone drip and I went from 3cm to fully dilated in a very short amount of time. The midwife argued with me when I said I had to push. Made it seem like such an effort for her to check my cervix but when she did I was ready to go lol 😂