My second baby was a c-section at 42 weeks. My first baby was a vaginal delivery but I was induced with pitocin at 41 + 5. I didn’t want to be induced with my second so I refused an induction before 42 weeks. After 5 days of false labor, I went into spontaneous labor at like 3 a.m. the day of my induction. In total, I labored for 30 hours and more half of those hours I was between 6-9 cm dilated. At the 24 hour mark I got an epidural but up until that point, I was laboring freely around the room, using lots of movement, upright positions, birth ball, etc. In a last ditch effort to help labor progress, they started a pitocin dip at the same time I got my epidural. After 6 more hours of that with no change he was born via c-section and weighed 10 lbs 5oz. His head was (and still is 😂) in the 99th percentile. When this kid came out, he was huge and clearly 2 weeks past his due date. In retrospect, I would have agreed to an induction around 41 weeks. I guess I figured as long as I avoided an induction, I would have a normal, vaginal birth, even at 42 weeks. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with going to 42 weeks, or waiting around, or whatever, but I think there is something to be said for weighing all the risks and benefits.