It sucks, doesn't it? When you're ready so early and don't just go past that date, but past anything anyone expected! It's hard, but I made a conscious decision this time to actively enjoy every last day before baby, because I knew this time what to expect, how much life would change for all of us. I tried to do special things with DD because soon I wouldn't get the chance.

As for the dangers, if you're worried you could ask for more monitoring. Does it help to know that it's completely normal to go overdue? I can't for the life of me remember or find the stats, but a pregnancy over 40 weeks is still very normal, I just can't remember what the research said you could go to! Hopefully I'll find it with a bit more searching or someone else will know, but it seems that the 40 weeks thing is not the standard for most women.

Induction can be scary but it's not all bad. I was induced for both of mine and they were good births. I had gels only for both, and labour with DS was just under three hours. I'm still writing up the birth story, but if you look through the birth stories forum here for the induction ones, there are plenty that don't involve too much intervention.

People texting and asking where baby is - I hate that! First time around I completely withdrew, ignored everything and basically didn't exist on the phone or fb. This time I posted inane everyday things, so people saw my life was just going on as per usual. This time I only got asked once, compared to the multiple questions daily last time