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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was a seminal study assessing early elective delivery, which found that multiparas with a prior c-section had 35–55% increased odds of neonatal morbidities compared with continuing the pregnancy to 39–40 weeks of gestation.

https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/FullText/2016/04000/Infant_Outcomes_After_Elective_Early_Term_Delivery.6.aspx

Given the probability that not all babies (or humans) are at precisely equivalent development at X age, and those final days do count a lot for brain development, and as long as no medical issues crop up, I think you are reasonable to ask to schedule it closer to the end of 39 weeks rather than the beginning.[/quote]

Are you the same poster always posting about brain development? Can you please provide some evidence about this to back it up. You bring this up constantly on other threads. [/quote]

Longer Gestation among Children Born Full Term Influences Cognitive and Motor Development
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244187/

Children's Brain Development Benefits from Longer Gestation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111445/

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NP here. Looks to me like the most significant findings relate to babies born at “early term” (37 weeks) vs “term (39-41 weeks). I am not a scientist- can you point out where it suggests huge differences in week 39? Also, as someone who had a C section following a spontaneous failed labor, you can’t disregard those risks. [/quote]
It says previous research only looked at pre-term/prior to 37 weeks, but these findings show there are still neurological benefits after that point some of which last into childhood. So delivering right at 39+0 without a medical reason is probably depriving some infants of those benefits.

It's not the different between a healthy baby and an unhealthy one - the baby will likely be healthy as can be. It plays out in their cognitive and motor development later on.[/quote]

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