but then despite my dates saying that I was 43 + 5, both of my pregnancies appear to have been misdated by approximately 2 weeks, I delivered a 37 +5 weeker who was fairly clearly not full term, he had little sucking reflex, was unable to maintain his temperature, and generally had a few minor health issues going on and then our 43 +5 baby whose palcenta looked great, her skin was not peeling, her nails were not long, she was covered in vernix. I think that more likely I delivered a 35 + 5 and a 41+5 (or thereabouts), that my body carries for a bit longer naturally, or some other quite plausible reason for not fitting into the 40 weeks exactly mould. Admittedly after a full 41 weeks wer eup we started doing lots of things to try and help bubby out, acupuncture, massage etc. We also did a membrane sweep at 42 weeks...which clearly didn't do much since i went another 10 days lol.

All of that said and done I would be VERY reluctant to seek medical induction prior to a FULL 42 weeks.