40 plus 3 & the struggle is real!

FTM and had it in my head that our little one would be early. Never thought I’d still be sitting here 3 days past our due date still pregnant! The last few weeks of my third trimester have been really uncomfortable for me and emotionally draining—I’ve literally cried about him not wanting to come out!

At 39+3 I had my membranes swept and was hopeful it would work because I was 1cm dilated but 90% effaced. I had mild cramping that day and then contractions (I think?) that woke me up in the night but stopped completely at 2am. The next day I lost my mucus plug/bloody show. Here we are a week later and still nothing! Our next doctor appointment is Wednesday (I’ll be 41 weeks Friday) and curious to see what the plan is. I’m worried about the possibility of induction because I’ve heard it’s more painful etc. because it comes on so fast.

I know it will all be worth it once he is finally here but I guess I’m looking for others in the same boat as me/words of encouragement to get me through the last days! My last day of work was my due date (4/19) so now I’m home and it’s all I can think about!! It also doesn’t help that I receive a million messages a day, “still no baby?!” 😑