Definitely take the advice of the ladies above, and no you won't be seen as a trouble maker. If you make your case heard firmly but sensibly and politely there is no need for them to label you as that. I went 14 days over with monitoring with my attempted VBAC and they were all very supportive. I just kept saying that I wasn't comfortable with the dates given and that provided monitoring was ok I wanted to give my body the best chance to go into labour on my own. Good luck with it and defnitely let everyone you know at each appointment so that it is in your notes.
Thank you so much for the replies. You have been an enormous help. I know what I have to do and I just have to have the faith and confidence within myself and my birthing ability. I won't see the ob until 36 weeks, which is a fair way off, so I have plenty of time to make my case! Thanks again for your help.
I was 10 days post dates and the ob's secretary booked me in for an induction and then just dropped me a casual phone message - you're being induced in the morning I assume you know?
I talked to the midwives at the hospital and they said "well you're booked in but if you're not here we can't do it so just don't turn up!" so I didn't, spoke to the ob, said I wasn't comfortable and had monitoring instead. Went into labour that night.... My recommendation - acupuncture. Had a great acupuncturist (who I only discovered right at the very end = ie. 41 weeks) and I think she had a lot to do with getting the ball rolling. So I suggest finding a great acupuncturist and starting early to get your body ready for labour and hopefully kick things off without induction.
I agree with all of the above When I was was 41+6 I had a hospital midwife tell me to not turn up to an induction appointment if I did not want to do it, then she suggested we go home and do the deed to get things started naturally. Thankfully that worked and I had my son the next morning.
However, like yourself, I want to avoid all the pressure leading up to that point so I am getting straight onto the raspberry leaf tablets at 32 weeks and lots of evening primrose oil too - I am figuring it is worth a try.
Good luck, and remember that they can't do anything without your consent!
Hollie r - welcome to Bellybelly. yes this is a good place to be!
I agree with all the other posters but I also know how hard it is to say no when bully dr are talking about complications and the rest. You mentioned your GP, are you doing shared care at the moment? My GP was going to deliver my bub at the public hospital but we moved :-( Is that a possiblity? What about a private midwife or doula?
I would definetely be discussing this with the midwives and dr at your appointment to make sure that they know that this is really important to you. And who cares if they think your a trouble maker, I'm sure my midwife thought the about me - (she would only check me on the bed and I refused to get out of the shower to deliver :-) In the end I didn't need my midwife for support. I needed to be confident in my own ability to birth my babies and I had my hubby to support me as well.
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When I was was 41+6 I had a hospital midwife tell me to not turn up to an induction appointment if I did not want to do it, then she suggested we go home and do the deed to get things started naturally. Thankfully that worked and I had my son the next morning. 
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