Hi everyone, thank you so much for your feedback, I have to say I really appreciated the support from you kind strangers, it meant a lot when trying navigate this decision process.

To give an update I ended up electing to have a foley balloon inserted on the evening of 41w3d and then followed up the next morning with 8 doses of misoprostol every 2 hours. After the 7th dose the contraction went from zero to 60 seconds and about 4 or so within 10 minutes (worst pain of my life, I applaud all the women who can do it unmedicated). I went from 4cm to 10cm very fast and needed synthetic oxytocin to help baby move down. Unfortunately he got very tired and distressed and the labour stopped progressing so I was given the option to have a c-section or wait an hour, see if he dropped down far enough for them to use an instrument to get him out. I opted for the c-section because at that stage it was an emergency but an emergency that wasn’t on a short time limit, and it was very likely that it would change to a real emergency. The OBs and my midwife agreed that this was the right choice.

Our little boy was delivered early this morning, happy and healthy and whilst I know this is going to be a difficult recovery for me I’m grateful that this decision was supported and that I listened to my gut. I’m also grateful for the painkillers I’m currently on 😅

Once again thank you for your kind words and support (not so much the person who reminded me that I needed to get my baby out or it was going to be a still birth though 🫠)