Hi AJ,

Your not over till you have completed 42 week of pregnancy. Ask to see the hospital protocol, some hospitals have it on their web sites. Some hospital staff can't seem to remember hospital policy correctly or sometimes provide out of date information.

Also hospital policy are just guidelines, not laws and they are being constantly reviewed and different hospitals have different policies - maybe checking out the policies of other nearby hospitals would help you with the bigger picture.

It is dangerous to interfere in a pregnancy unless there is a serious problem.

If the hospital really wanted to protect the health of you and your baby because of concerns regarding over dates they would be inducing you on the Sunday morning not at 41 +6 days.

Hospitals operate 24hours, they can and should provide their services when you need them, not when it suits them.

I was 42 weeks with my first daughter, 41 + 5 with my second, two friends recently went 42 + 5 and 43. One of these women asked for daily monitoring so she knew what was happening with bub. The second women had a private midwife so it wasn't a big issue.

Enjoy all the natural hurry up baby methods, sometimes they work and most of them are fun

Most of all, savior every moment of this time, go out, make sure you have things to do written into your diary right up to and past your 42 week mark.

Now is the time to relax.

Very soon you will have your baby in your arms.

Deb