If your baby is overdue you can probably expect to feel tired and frustrated. You will also probably feel like the big day will never happen and begin to get annoyed with well meaning friends and relatives calling five times a day to check if labour has started.
You will probably have midwife or doctor appointments every few days to check that baby is still doing well and will begin to make plans for an induction if baby hasn’t come by 42 weeks.

To induce a pregnancy medically you will usually first …

ARM stands for Artificially Rupturing Membranes.
To do this your doctor will use a long, fine crochet hook style instrument to break the membranes surrounding baby i.e. to break your waters.
This is most often done to induce labour or to speed labour up. In some hospitals it may be done if you are close to the final stages of labour but your waters have not yet broken.