great news Jo

your body and your baby know when the time is right

just to be on the cautious side
you may feel pressured to be augmented (drip, rupture of your waters), there is NO evidence to support this will have ANY positive outcome for you and your baby. It will increase the amount of medical intervention though and reduce your positive feelings of your birth experience

you do NOT need to remain stuck to a fetal monitor
you can allow them to do a inital 20 min monitor, and if all is well then there is no reason at all why you cannot have intermittent monitoring

you do NOT need to have an epidural for you BP...this in fact increases the risk of intervention again to you and your baby

you can get in the bath and shower
you can move around
you can still implement your birth plan (if you have one)

to keep your BP under control
remain calm and relaxed
forward positions with the forehead resting calms the central nervous system and reduces BP, increasing O2 to your uterus and your baby

but enjoy lovely mummy to be...your gonna have a baby

x