Comments on Bringing Back Birth: More equations that don't add up

Viewing pregnancy and childbirth as a medical proc...

2009-01-18T01:54:00.000+10:30

Viewing pregnancy and childbirth as a medical procedure means that you put the same trust in a doctor as you would if you were having heart surgery. OBs abuse this trust and exploit a woman's normal fears and excitement about childbirth by telling them they can't do it without medical assistance.

But you know that. What seems to confuse us is how so few women worldwide even question this. It's mindboggling.

We know term is 37 to 42 completed weeks. due dat...

2008-06-25T02:26:00.000+09:30

We know term is 37 to 42 completed weeks. due date or estimated date of arrival is just the exact middle date of those 6 weeks. We are term every one of those day's but we all have an individual gestative period. first babies on average gestate longer than subsequent births. Average for first baby it term plus9 so why we give them a 40 week due date is beyond me.