Kaylene, I was in the same boat as you a few weeks ago. My Dr wasn't keen to let me go past 41wks and wanted to induce me 4 days past dates. I didn't want this either and negotiated with him to wait until I was 42wks after a scan I had in his rooms at 40wks showed that bubs was fine and fluid levels were good. In the end I did go into labour on the morning of my first induction date (4days past dates) and I consented to ARM to help establish labour. In hindsight this was a good thing as the placenta was a little gritty when it was checked after the birth, so it concerned me what could have happened if I went too far past dates. With my third birth I had my waters broken and then syncto induction as labour didn't start on it's own. It was a very hard birth with a bad result for me (retained placenta and post partum haemorrage) but bubs was fine.

You could have the option of requesting that you dont have your waters broken first as once they are broken, you are committed to the induction and are only given x amount of hrs for labour to establish itself. Do you know if your cervix is favourable or have started to dilate yet? If not this might give you a bit of leverage and you can say you will agree only if things are favourable for an induction. Or you could request a stetch and sweep at your appointment to see if that moves things along - it may work it may not. Alternatively you can ask to have daily monitoring via CTG to make sure that bubs is fine and it might buy you a few more days too.

Good luck, it's not an easy decision to make, but you will make the right choice for you.