From what you have stated in prior posts it doesnt sound like she is to the egg building stage yet. With the seeking cool, bowl wrapping, and everything else. But as anyone that has breed more than a few clutches will tell you, there is no book handed out to snakes about what they are supposed to do and when. If she is indeed at day 41 after her prelay shed, then at this point you should be able to see the eggs in the lower portion of the snake just by holding her up. When you look if there is even a maybe in your head that an egg is in there then I would highly doubt she is as far along as you suspect.
As far as to when you need to start worrying about being egg bound, I was told earlier in the year to not get to excited until after day 60. I also read someone say that when you elevate the tail, that you can assume that everything is fine, if you can see that first egg moving with the gravity then she most likely is not egg bound.
And after the day 60, i was also told to keep an eye out for the snake becoming very lethargic. Like to the point that her tongue flick will be in slow motion. This is a very bad thing, obviously, and vet visit should be in immediate order.
Otherwise my only recommendation is to try not to drive yourself crazy, much easier said than done, I know. My first clutch this year laid at day 54 and so I know how stressful this is.
If possible feel free to post pics and it might be easier to confirm that she does in fact have eggs and keep everyone from jumping the gun and assuming that she hasnt ovulated yet.
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