Mel, hang in there hun, you're doing great!
I know you're too big to get on a plane but if you could you could pop over to Niger. My friend is from there and where she was born they were 126km away from the nearest hospital with no roads for the first 40km. She tells me there are no 49, 67 or 238wks PG ladies out there. Your baby WILL GET BORN. I know you feel huge and sore and the ob's making noises about big babies and c sections and it all seems impossible, but it really could be any day now. DD was my first and she didn't stay engaged (2/5ths in and out for the last week) until the evening before my waters broke.
My midwife told me the only reliable indication that birth is imminent is crowning (thus one can never say "it's not going to happen" based on the million other things they look for) and the only way to tell if the baby is very big is to weigh it (i.e. when it has already fit through where it might not fit through!).
Practice your relaxation and visualisations. Think "down baby", "i am ready to birth" and "labour is coming" in your peaceful moments and hug your baby to yourself and enjoy these precious few days of secret togetherness you have left.
Really truly do not worry that you will be pregnant forever. You can wait as long as you want. You can get to 42 weeks and tell them you will consent to induction IF the scan reveals that the placenta is beginning to fail. As long as your fluid levels are good and bubs is happy there is no rush. The ultrasound can be SO unreliable. My (very good) technician said DD was 7lbs 14oz at 40+1. She was born, 10 days later, weighing 7lbs 14.5oz. even *I* gained 1.5kg in those 10 days, so i'm pretty sure DD put on more than 0.5oz. I've known babies born up to 3lbs lighter than the scan guesstimate, it's just not worth worrying about. It's like those competitions where you guess how many sweets in the jar. SOme people are REALLY good at it, but they will still be a couple of 100-1000 out.
Big hugs and calm but laboury vibes.
Bx
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