Hoping someone can settle this for us. When I went into preterm labor, my midwife said she wanted me to try to wait until I was 36 weeks cuz that's full term. But if I wanna be able to do a water birth, I have to be at least 37 weeks. And now she's saying full term isn't until 38 weeks. Which is it? Not that it should matter cuz my baby boy is gonna come when he's ready, but it would be nice to get a straight answer!
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The term "full term" would be considered the 40weeks of gestation. At 37-38 weeks your child's lungs are fully developed so they can breathe on their own. Anything before that and they would end up in the NICU because their lungs are not ready yet. This is information from my brother who's a nurse and he just did his rotation in the maternity ward.
thanks @corpsmanswife @losmartinez @reaganmommy2015 we were just a bit confused with all the different things we've been told. My midwife isn't the brightest bulb sometimes.
Technically, full term is 40 weeks. You want baby in there as long as possible.
They changed it to 38 weeks I think. I know back in 2006 when I had my son full term was 36 weeks
I'm high risk for preterm labor and they said in my case 37 weeks is full term.