40+1 today, just left my midwife, and ZERO progress at all.

The OB is giving us until Thursday morning next week at which point she has us booked to have to have a repeat cesarean at 8am, but this time around I can’t have a spinal so it would be under general which would be quite honestly horrific for me and my family (I have a major history of surgical complications so it would be a massive risk) and even if it goes alright we miss the birth and I cannot be given any pain medication post op aside from a Tylenol 😟🤢

Our area hospitals do not allow VBAC mothers to have inductions of any kind so our only hope was membrane stripping today, but since everything is closed we can’t even have that 🤦‍♀️

We have one last appointment next Monday at 41+1 to try again but I can’t help but feel slightly defeated and basically frightened at this point. We’ve done all of the old wives tales aside from castor oil and I’m on labor inducing acupuncture session number NINE today! My acupuncturist was even recommended by my OBs office and has one of the highest “labor inducing success rates” in our region.

My cervix is apparently just made of titanium 🤦‍♀️😭 This kid really needs to come soon, for safety sake. I can’t have another surgery, I just can’t........