I was scheduled to be induced right at 40 weeks, march 17th... we went to the hospital and i had a pelvic exam to check if i was dilated. well i wasnt at all but was 50 percent effaced. we went ahead and started the indictment. was going good and started to dilate. they started pitocin (however you spell that) and i started having contractions that. were already pretty painful so i got the epidural. *if you are going to get it, get it before you start having bad contractions, its not as bad.* i...