John Wesley Wes Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first known passage by persons of European descent through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the U.S. Geological Survey and proposed, for development of the ar
Remember that every woman is different. Inductions are more unpredictable than a non-induced labor, but every pregnancy, labor, and delivery is unique. Your induction may last a day or two, or you could have a textbook induction that places your baby in your arms in four hours from start to finish.
If you really do not want to be induced at this point you should be able to go another two weeks. Your EDD is exactly that; an ESTIMATED due date, this date can be off by two weeks either way. After 42 weeks you are overdue. I was induced at 42 weeks a month ago. I was somewhat in your shoes, I was so fed up with my labor not beginning on its own that I began to want to just say forget the whole thing!, with an I give up attitude.