I just had my first baby on February first! I was so worried about everything, but when it came down to the last week I was so ready to not be pregnant anymore and see my precious baby boy! My OB asked if I wanted to induce on my due date and I said of course! I loved it! Not having that waiting game and the rush to the hospital and wondering if my contractions were close enough together and everything..seeing as how we live almost an hour away from the hospital! I got an epidural before it got painful. I don't know if you're planning on that or not, but I will tell you if you are, the IV hurts LOTS worse than the epi, which didn't hurt at all! My epi fell out (it didn't fall out of my back, just where the cathater thing connects fell out) when I was about 7cm dilated and WOW the pain was bad. However, keep in mind that I was on pitocin which makes the contractions stronger! They called the "magic man" and he put the epi in again and it was GREAT again! :) I strongly recommed epidurals! It made my delivery so easy and I only pushed for maybe 30 min! So, don't think that just because you have an epi you won't be able to push. You just figure it out! :) Good luck and it will be fine!!!