I also posted this in the June 2020 group, but I’m at 41 & 5 (or 41 & 1 depending on how you measure) days today 😂😭 someone send help! I’ve had 3 membrane sweeps and have tried every old wives tale (all but castor oil but that’s on my absolutely not list 😂). I’ve had a ton of stops and starts since 36 weeks which I never had in my previous pregnancies. I’ll start getting pretty decent contractions coming around 3 minutes apart at 35-45 seconds each then they’ll just stop 🙄😭. At my last sweep on Monday I was only at 2cm dilation and 80% effacement (with my previous pregnancies I was always 3-4 cm by the time I hit 40 weeks!). What is wrong with me?!?! 😭🤦🏻‍♀️ this is so incredibly frustrating. My doula thinks it’s partially the stress and anxiety about being induced in the first place that’s causing the delay. I’ve been pressured at every appointment since 38 weeks to have an induction which they know I do not want (nor need). I also have a lot of PTSD related to hospital birth resulting from my first birth and how out of control I felt.

My doctor wanted to induce me today but due to a bit of wiggle room with my due date I was able to push it to Friday. They’re using my LMP which puts my Due date at 6/6, but I’ve always used my conception/ovulation date (which also aligned perfectly with the dating scan) which put my due date at 6/10. I’ve always gone late in my previous pregnancies (and with those They used the dating scan since my cycle was so irregular) which is why I was so worried about them using the earlier date.

I REALLY do not want to end up with an induction. I’m literally terrified. I’ve never had any kind of induction in my previous 2 pregnancies, and I’ve never had it pushed on me as hard as they are with this pregnancy. It’s really frustrating.