I have officially become a lurker with not having posted in forever ! I love reading where everyone is at but with so much to read I never find the time to post but wanted to respond to Kahlan as I am in a similar situation.
Kahlan - I'm 39.5 weeks and bub is 'high and mobile' and not at all close to being engaged so I am in a similar situation to you. My due date is Sunday July 5th and my OB is willing to let me go to 7-10 days over before either inducing or electing for a CS. I asked about the risks etc and he explained that full term is technically 42 weeks but with IVF the EDD is so much more exact. He is checking the amniotic fluid each week and feels that as long as there is no distress and enough fluid it is okay to take the extra time to see if the bub engages and labour starts naturally.
There are some good articles on Belly Belly about % of babies not engaged at start of labour and % outcome of natural v induction v csection and full term etc. I can't remember how I found them, I think I googled baby engaging and one of the links took me to BB.
I think that like so many things with IVF and the choices that we have had to make (how many stim cylces to do, how many embies to transfer etc) it really is a personal choice and one that your body and heart will tell you is the right decision.
If I were you, I'd ask your OB lots of questions to make sure you have the facts from his perspective as to why you should not wait for labour to start on it's own.
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