Re: [ozmidwifery] Post maturity Vs Post dates

[Mary Murphy]

Is the "due date" a stupid mistake or is it me?  If research told us some 10 yrs ago that only 5% of all women have their babies on the "due" date, then it is not the women and babies that are at fault, but the calculation of this mythical due date.  95% of women and babies can't be wrong! MM ----- Original Message ----- This is one of the issues we have to face now in practice - because few women's pregnancies are "let" go beyond 41 weeks, there is little experience within the professions of knowing women whose pregnancies extend (unsurprisingly) beyond even 41 weeks in may places. I know we have recently had a lot of information on post dates, however the current definitiion of "post dates", according to observable practice seems to be post 40 weeks!