Ladies,

I can't believe that all of these babies are still keeping us waiting. Mother nature is on a tight deadline with me now - in 18 hours I will be in hospital waiting to be induced. Despite this being my second pregnancy I am finding this prospect completely terrifying. DD was only 4 days late and before the contractions started I hadn't had any niggles at all. I was lucky to have a quick, fairly painless labour and a straight forward (but exhausting) delivery, all over in 5 and 1/2 hours start to finish. Of course this time I've had 18 days of pre-labour and a potential induction. Has my body forgotten what to do?

Anyway, good luck to you all. I hope that you manage to beat your deadlines...