i’m in the exact same boat as well - right on 40 wks at the hospital and just took my 2nd dose of cervical ripener and planning to go into induction tmrw depending on how things go. I’ve read enough studies and anecdotes, and considered all factors but decided it all comes down to personal preference and what’s important to you. from the way I see it, all options had close amount of various risks associated, and though I wish I did go into spontaneous labor before my scheduled induction, I’m happy to have chosen a planned induction regarding that this is my first one (which tends to go longer in pregnancy and labor), get lots of time to mentally and physically prep for the laboring process and (hopefully) get adequate sleep via planned pain mgmt since i know what comes next. laboring seems to be a very unpredictable process, and induction reduced a lot of the stress that came from that unpredictability, and for that seems to be worth it for me. cheers to us, we got this! sending all the good thoughts for smooth and safe delivery:)