I just wanted to say GOOD ON YOU!!!It's your body, and your choice. I went in for daily monitoring with my first bub from just over 41 weeks and he came on his own accord at exactly 42 weeks. I have heard of women given birth in the 43rd week but mainly in home birth situations - as long as your baby is healthy I can't see what is wrong with that - the medical community surely can't argue this.
Ignore the numbers (how many weeks etc) and the clock - your baby and your body will do what is right when the time is right!
We found DTD the best thing for bringing on labour - I would have contractions within half an hour (and this finally turned into real labour the last time!). The midwife actually suggested we go home and do it to help things along, the natural prostaglandins in semen help ripen the cervix. Evening primrose oil also is full of natural prostaglandins and you can take these orally and internally overnight (wear a pad). There is lots of info on using EPO this way on midwifery websites like
Non-Pharmaceutical Induction - from Ronnie Falc?o's Midwife Archives
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All the best
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