Hey all! FTM here! 27+1 with my baby boy. Now that my bump is showing more and I’m getting closer to my due date, friends and family have all started sharing their labor stories. I enjoy being pregnant and enjoy busting myself with house and nursery prep, but I’m also ready to hold my little bundle. I wanna see his face, who he resembles, his little toes and hear his tiny voice. In the midst of me sharing this, the only response I got from my family is that I still have such a long way to go and as a first-timer I’m gonna go past my due date. Which I’ve heard a lot of lately. The concept just confuses me. Why are first time pregnancies more likely to go past their intended dates? As long as the baby is growing on track and everything is fine, why won’t my body realize when time is up? Is there anything I can do to prepare for this or prevent it? The stories of being induced sound kinda scary and not like an option I wanna take, but I can’t leave him inside of me indefinitely either. Did you Momma’s all deliver past your intended dates the first time?