Full term is 42 weeks?
Just met up with a friend of mine who owns a children's store so of course that makes her an expert on pregnancy and babies. We were talking about how I was induced at 42 weeks and she said all her research showed that 42 weeks is actually full term not 40 and it's just in recent time that doctors decided that 40 was the number. She was complaining how so many people get induced at 42 weeks which is really just full term and we should let our bodies go into labour naturally
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I looked it up and everything I red talked about the increased possibly of stillbirth, meconium etc. I couldn't find any positives with going past 42 weeks so I don't know my baby was over 10 lbs so I wouldn't have wanted to go much further
My OH's aunt had a baby when she was 18. She went to 44 weeks because the hospital didn't date her properly, even after her fighting with them that she was further than she thought. Her girl is 25 now and is blind (from birth)and severly autistic with other mental problems. Her doctor told her recently that her daughter is 99% blind and has mental problems due to her going A MONTH overdue. The placenta starts to degrade about 32 weeks I think, that's why they grade them in terms of health.
Like grade 0 is perfect condition
Grade1 is some degrading all the way to grade 4 or 5 when the placenta is severely dying.
Well, it's interesting and worth looking into. I can see where you would feel a little judged since she is shaking her head at 42 week inductions...but I think she was looking down on modern medicine more...not women who listened to their doctors. She's probably wrong but I will be researching it to make sure!
I was told after 36-37 wks is full term by my doctor.