All my girls were late - had to be induced for the first two - no epidurals - no fun! I had a different OB for the 3rd - first he told me about the Castor Oil cocktail - 2 ozs each of oj, castor oil, vodka - to get labor started (my third was 10 days late, and I would have had to have been induced again). I had one, minus the vodka, at 8am - just got VERY cleaned out, no labor. Had a few sips of one with the vodka at noon - 1 hour later in good solid labor. He suggested an epidural - Yahoo - loved it. He had to interrupt my husband and I watching Wheel of Fortune to deliver daughter #3. No pain, lots of gain!