Description of a Cook Cervical Ripening Balloon - a device used during an induction of labor when someone has an unfavorable cervix. This is often used when medical cervical ripening such as cytotec or cervidil or similar are not able to be used These can be painful to have placed, however surprisingly many people do quite well tolerating them being in for hours. Anyone ever have one of these placed?? How painful did you find the insertion to be? Did you feel better once it was in the proper pla