I gave birth at exactly 41 weeks. My cervix was almost 10 cm dilated but there was a thin ring still there. They had to break my water and give me pitocin. After that I was finally able to attemp to give birth. After 5 long hours of pushing and an episiotomy that ended up being a 3rd degree laceration my daughter was born at 1:24pm on March 27, 2015. She is so adorable and so far seems to be a very easy baby. My delivery was hell. I hope no one else has a hellish experience.