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CNYBride05
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PSA because it comes up allllllll the time here
CNYBride05
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**stepping on soapbox**
37 weeks is considered full term by APA, most OBs, and the general population. I know it can be a sore subject for preemie mommas and yes, ideally a pregnancy would go to 40w.
**stepping off soapbox**
Natural m/c Oct. 2005
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
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Re: PSA because it comes up allllllll the time here
BFP 3/29/2014 2u2 Let's do this!
As a likely preemie mom due to a complicated pregnancy, I get why it's touchy, but at the same time, I think accurate info is helpful. Not sure how that makes me a moron....
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
Yes, you did.
I'm 32/5, hoping to make it to 35w. I just get so weary of people jumping down people's throats about 37w being "term" but not "full term" when in fact 37w is full term and it's a semantics issue. My reasoning for posting was truly for the sake of sharing information/correcting misinformation, not to stir sh!t up.
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
done what?
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
I just anticipate this post will get really heated. Nothing against you... just an observation based on my experiences with this site.
BFP 3/29/2014 2u2 Let's do this!
I think both statements would be accurate and are an important clarification:
37 is full term
BUT
full-term doesn't necessarily mean DUE. Baby is not DUE or expected at 37 weeks
I like you.
It seems to me (based on anecdotal information only - I am not any kind of medical professional) that different women gestate differently. My doc old me that 37 to 42 weeks is normal gestation for humans. That being said, it seems like some women can gestate for 37 weeks and have a fully cooked baby, while others will have babies with issues. On the other end of the spectrum, some women go 42 weeks + with no problem, while others have aging placentas and fetal distress.
All of our bodies are different. 37 weeks is considered full term, but may not be full term for you, specifically.
That being said, this is why we all go on red alert at 37 weeks... Because you never know until it happens, and it becomes a very real possibility once you hit that magic number (albeit pretty unlikely for most).
I hope I'm not coming off as condescending, because it's not meant that way, and I really don't mean to offend or hurt anyone by saying my baby can come out any time. I just have an analytical, unimaginative mind, and like looking at statistics...
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I would agree with this, and have seen enough times that yep, sometimes for some women, their babies are ready to come a little before 40 (mine come at 39 so far), and some cook much longer, and that can even go back a couple generations. And of course that is different than wanting baby to come at 37-38, and on the flipside, thinking that baby has to come out by 40. There is a RANGE.
This. Maybe some doctors are using "full term" at 37 weeks, but every one I work with at my hospitals L&D refers to 37 weeks as "term" and you aren't considered "full term" until 40 weeks. And aren't "over due" until 41 weeks, 5 days.
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I hate doctors that refer to 37 weeks as full term because it is just setting up women for disappointment and driving them to do unsafe things to try to speed up their labors.
Even though my first was born at 39 weeks i know that i just might have to go longer with this one, i may not like having to wait... But my child's health is more important that my comfort and/or impatience to meet her. Let your body and your baby decide when it is time.
This. You're a moron. 37 weeks is TERM. Not full term. There's a difference. Learn it.
ETA: Also, this is coming from someone who started having PTL at 24w with my DD. I was on bedrest and was hospitalized several times. I ended up delivering her at 38w. I thank my lucky stars for that. Additionally she did have some minor issues at that time.
I lost my angels 07/2010, 04/2017, 10/2017
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This.
Lol!
But OK.
Lol!
Full term and term are semantics. 37w IS full term according to a plethora or sources, professional and layman. As I said, I'm not trying to stir sh!t up, I'm just tired of how much this misconception gets thrown around and people getting flamed uunnecessarily.
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
You're not trying to "stir shiiit up" yet you posted an entire thread dedicated to this subject...yea OK.
If you read some of my earlier replies, maybe you'd understand why.
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
I read them indeed.
And again, I call BS to not wanting to "stir drama". I'm sure you know by now that this post will not stop people from getting flamed when they take the "I'm 37 weeks today and full term" stance right?
At birth, a baby is classified as one of the following:
If a woman goes into labor before 37 weeks, it is called preterm labor.
"Late preterm" babies who are born between 35 and 37 weeks gestation may not look premature. They may not be admitted to an intensive care unit, but they are still at risk for more problems than full-term babies.
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
Seriously, just stop. You are making yourself look bad.
From:
https://www.acog.org/~/media/Departments/Patient%20Safety%20and%20Quality%20Improvement/201213IssuesandRationale-GestationalAgeTerm.pdf?dmc=1&ts=20130621T2142225544
Published: on ACOG's website.
Preterm
Less than or equal to 36 weeks, 6 days
ISSUES
? No lower limit was defined in standard definition (=<36 weeks 6 days)
RATIONALE
? Vacillated between using a lower limit; 20 weeks has no significance and could cause issues Obstetric Data DefinitionsIssues and Rationale for Change
GESTATIONAL AGE & TERM
GESTATIONAL AGE & TERM
with reproductive rights is an age is established
? Data shows that 16 weeks is a relevant breaking point; this data should be included in prematurity in order to identify high-risk women and is consistent with the data already reported
?The data is used in different ways; therefore each study using the data will set their own limits
based on gestational age, so the researchers determine a meaningful cutoff for uniformity
? Should no longer use fractions; always use weeks and days
#5 Early Term
37 weeks, 0 days through 38 weeks, 6 days
ISSUES
? 37 weeks 0 days indicated full, completed weeks
? The generic ?term? does not reflect the different outcomes seen with each advancing week of
gestation beyond 37 weeks 0 days
? Need to include specific lower- and upper-limits of gestational age
RATIONALE
? Should no longer use fractions; always use weeks and days
? Clinical outcomes at 37 weeks, 0 days ? 38 weeks, 6 days are different than they are beyond
39 weeks
#6 Full Term
39 weeks, 0 days through 40 weeks, 6 days
ISSUES
RATIONALE
? Importance is on completed weeksObstetric Data DefinitionsIssues and Rationale for Change
GESTATIONAL AGE & TERM
GESTATIONAL AGE & TERM
#7 Late Term
41 weeks, 0 days through 41 weeks, 6 days
ISSUES
RATIONALE
? It is not to suggest an intervention but rather, suggest a need for more attention during this
week (increased monitoring of fetal movement, for example).
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For the love of god and all things holy and good, I don't even know why I bother sometimes...
From the ACOG (verbatim)
" A pregnancy is considered full term at 40 weeks. In most pregnancies, spontaneous labor begins between 37 and 42 weeks gestation. Deliveries before 37 weeks are considered premature. Premature birth is the cause of most newborn deaths, and infants who survive may face serious illness, such as problems with vision, hearing, respiration, and nervous system development. Later in life, premature infants may have learning and behavioral problems."
Again, you can argue semantics until you are blue in the face but 37 weeks is not FULL term! You are term, which means you and baby will likely okay if you go into labor ON YOUR OWN. "On your own" means out of the blue and with no medical intervention or "natural remedies".
So again, I reiterate, as I did in the other thread, if you start trying methods to get yourself into labor at 37 weeks because you are "done" or "baby is measuring big" or "because I am full term and he/she will be fine" you are irresponsible, misinformed, and/or selfish.
(steps of MY soapbox)
Oh, and in case my excerpt was not enough, here is the rest of the article straight from the ACOG:
https://www.acog.org/About%20ACOG/News%20Room/News%20Releases/2011/Fight%20Prematurity%20with%20Awareness%20-%20Longer%20Pregnancies%20Ob-Gyns%20Say.aspx
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
There was a really big push from march of dimes last summer about 39 weeks being considered closer to full term. It states that full term is considered 39 to 40 weeks. Here's the link with info
https://newsmomsneed.marchofdimes.com/?tag=fullterm
Sorry no clicky, mobile bumping.
Here's another link from march of dimes with reasons to try to make it to 39 weeks unless medically necessary. And the development that takes place in the last few weeks.
https://www.marchofdimes.com/pregnancy/whyatleast39weeksisbestforyourbaby.aspx
Babies come when they come. Most times old wives tales are just that, and labor doesn't even start.
I don't understand how you can be full term if you haven't yet hit your due date, know what I mean? Due dates are estimates, and can be off...but usually not off by more than a week, so regardless IMO full term would be when the pregnancy is complete, ie, due date.
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Providing correct information, correcting misinformation =/= making others feel like a$$holes. If you are a FTM and don't know any better and someone sets you straight on why you don't want to try and get your LO to arrive at 37 weeks, thats fine. The ones who are made to feel like a$$holes are the ones who try and argue medical facts/recommendations and claim that its NBD to try and induce labor at 37 weeks because "baby is full term".
Most of us who get heated about this get heated because people who have done no research on the topic like to argue with us and then call us big, unsupportive meanie heads when we get annoyed, lol!
I saw from your siggy that you are hoping to get to July 7th...I am crossing my fingers for you that you get to July 7th and then some so those babies can cook longer!
my doc would have to go in front of the hospital board and explain her reasoning if she induced before 39 weeks.
I have some medical issues that I would love to have fixed and so I'm kind of hoping that I do go into labor on my own this week. If I don't then she will induce on 39&2 so I can get these issues resolved. I'm not going out and trying all the old wives tales but I wouldn't hate it if my baby made his grand entrance right now.
I lost my angels 07/2010, 04/2017, 10/2017
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Any sources that describe 37 weeks as being full term are likely aging and will probably update their information in time. There are many studies that show babies born before 39 weeks are at significantly higher risk for all kinds of complications including morbidity.
So you can have your PSA about 37 weeks being full term but it's a pointless semantics debate. Unless there are other medical factors, no one really wants a baby to come that early. And that's what matters.
I cant even count how many times I said I was "done" with being pregnant during the last few weeks before being induced at 39 weeks but never ever went to any crazy lengths, or did anything at all really, to try to jumpstart things. Even as a FTM I made sure I was well informed of the risks of having a preemie and about lost it when I went into PTL at 35 weeks with my daughter and 32 weeks with my son. Luckily, I made it to my 39 week induction date with both of them. Both of my inductions were dont for medical reasons and needing a controlled environment and having the right staff on hand in case I stroked out (I had one at 19 and my OB is very cautious with me as he should be).
Well, inductions are a medical interventions and physicians cannot intervene unless there's a reason to. Pre-term inductions are sometimes scheduled for high risk pregnancies. Not to mention all of the insurance mumbo jumbo.
Babies come when they want to come and I think what OP means is that is most likely to happen between 37 and 41 weeks.
I'm not belittling at all. I'm not sure what you are talking about. I'm also not sure why you feel the need to chime in n everything I post. You and I used to see eye-to-eye on TTCAL. We clearly don't know. That's fine. I'm tired of people posting here and getting jumped alllllll over unnecessarily. So after an appt and doing some research, I figured I'd post.
Also, f you very much for belittling my pregnancy with the BS statement about my trying to play the "I have it rougher" card. How callous can you be? I'm more active in TB due to bed rest, but certainly not asking for sympathy or attention. In fact, I don't believe I've ever posted a t&p request or a sob story. I'm dealing with the cards I've been dealt.
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
Well thanks for keeping tabs on my apparent missteps... All of them.
There's no pain Olympics, it's you choosing who is worthy of your white knighting.
Im not using my situation to minimize other people's struggles, but perhaps if I have brought it up, it's more for perspective. I appreciate your thoughts. Clearly we are seeing things from different perspectives.
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)