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"I'm ready for you baby, why won't you come?" How long is a pregnancy and how long is too long?

Abstract:

“When is my baby due?” “How long do they let you go?” These are two questions with which midwives are familiar. Some women focus with understandable intensity on the actual date their baby is due. My intention in this article is to review the literature in relation to two concepts, which are fundamental to an understanding of women’s experiences of “going overdue.” The tale begins by indicating the continuing confusion and controversy over how the estimated due date is calculated and the subsequent implications of this. Then I turn to the second concept, which is the significance of prolonged (overdue) pregnancy (PP), including what is, and what is not, reassuring.

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estimated due date, overdue, post-term pregnancy