longer than 36 weeks?
Can't believe some people insulted this poor women when she was asking about prem labour at 36 weeks ! (9 months) when anyone who has had a baby will know pregnancy to full term is 40 weeks!
2007-05-04 06:10:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
hands up i missed that question but yes a full term labor is 40 weeks . people can be very mean on here .
2007-05-04 06:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by sandy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, all women who've had a baby will know that 40 weeks is the standard length of a pregnancy. Doctors consider 37 weeks full term, and will rarely try to stop a labor that occurs at 36 weeks.
Unfortunately, some of those people who answered the question took 36 weeks divided by 4 (weeks in a month) to get 9 months. However, because all but 1 month have more than 28 days in them, the actual length of an average month is about 4.345 weeks long, which is how those last 4 weeks get distributed across the nine months of pregnancy.
Anyhow, I'm sure that she was more than able to sift through all the rude and bogus answers to the really helpful information that her baby would most probably be fine if she were to go into labor and deliver at 36 weeks.
2007-05-04 06:28:04 · answer #2 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree, people can be really mean on here. Full term is 40 weeks but my OB said they would not stop my labor after 37 weeks, if I went early. I did at 37 almost 38 weeks.
In my honest opinion no one should be getting there medical advice from an online question an answer forum.
Good of you to defend the questioner though. - 10 points to you!
2007-05-04 06:28:06 · answer #3 · answered by Theresa H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A baby can be full term after 36 weeks. My first child was born 35 weeks and 6 days and was considered a premie. my second child was born at 38 weeks and was considered full term. there are women that give birth at 42 weeks, so like i said after 36 weeks is full term.
2007-05-04 06:24:11 · answer #4 · answered by imlajefa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well technically pregnancy is determined by the last menstrual period which is two weeks before ovulation sooooo full term is 38 weeks and the two weeks are added on for the time frame from the last period to birth.
2007-05-04 06:21:26 · answer #5 · answered by lovesunflowers78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cant say that i saw the question but it sounds like it could of been a dangerous answer.Some people unfortunately are a bit dim like that,I once knew a girl who took a dose of Castor oil at 36weeks just to be in hospital the same time as her friend who had just had a baby.Can you think of anything more stupid.
2007-05-04 06:22:11 · answer #6 · answered by Julie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it wasn't me, but full term is 38 weeks plus. i know this because i have had 4 pre planned sections, and the last 3, they did them at 38 weeks, that is considered full term.
my first was prem...28 weeks,
2007-05-04 10:46:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lololol. i prob WULDA told her she was being daft...then gone bk n figured out what she meant, lol. not feeling very bright @ the moment!!
that always gets me...im 38 weeks...well...39..and my baby's ready to get her lil butt outa me, but her dad keeps going "no u cnt hurry it along, its 40 weeks /NINE MONTHS for a reason...bloody man cant do simple maths i swear...
2007-05-04 12:03:42 · answer #8 · answered by evilbunnyhahaha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well said! It's sometimes easy to forget that people answering these questions are not experts!
2007-05-04 08:27:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well said
2007-05-04 07:11:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋