Hi there,

I need some advice on what I should do. I am due with my first baby this coming Sunday 22nd July and my ob has beeen telling me since 37 weeks that I am ready to go, baby's head has been in position for weeks. I would like to go into labour naturally but I really don't want to go over my due date. My ob is not one to induce ( he is very low intervention) and has told me I can go two weeks over, the thought of which is just devastating, as I am so uncomfortable and really over it and to make matters worse have just come down with another cold. The last one I had a 31 weeks and it lasted 3 weeks and I thought I was going to die. So I don't want to have to spend the next 3 weeks sick and waiting for something to happen.

My other problem is more psychological. Prior to this pregnancy I have lost three babies in the last 20 months, all missed miscarriages, and had 6 weeks of bleeding in the first trimester of this pregnancy and daily scans to ensure the baby hadn't died. So it has been a long pregnancy and I feel like I have been pregnant for ever (infact I have spent 70 weeks of the last 20 months pregnant so well and truly over it) Now I know my baby is alive and ready to come out part of me just wants it to happen, I am scared that the longer I go overdue the more chance there is of something bad happening. But I don't want to put my baby at risk by being induced if that is not the right thing either. Am I just been paranoid, should I just wait until it happens or should I stand firm and tell my ob that if the baby hasn't arrived by Sunday I want to be induced early next week?

If anyone can offer some words of wisdom it would be greatly appreciated.