It’s finally September.. any way to naturally kickstart labor?

Our first born was a NICU graduate about 4.5 years ago. Having a preemie from an emergency cesarean had us pretty stressed this baby would be early as well.

Well our due date is Friday, we made it to September, and baby doesn’t seem to have any intentions of coming out! It’s crazy how different pregnancies can be!

We’re trying for a vbac this time around but I have gestational hypertension so my doctor scheduled an induction for Tuesday. I had a membrane sweep yesterday and I’m only 2cm dilated and 80% effaced.

Any suggestions to start labor naturally? Trying to beat the induction so there’s no extra risk to baby or myself (wanting to avoid a repeat section as much as possible). Thanks in advance!