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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. I don't wish to go beyond term. But hate the idea of inducing labor by requirement before my due date! Due dates are often squishy and I'm 40 and in perfect health. This is my first and I really want to have labor happen when it should. All of my friends who have been induced have had different experiences and not all positive. Mostly not positive.  [/quote]

I get that you feel that.  But nature is not perfect and it does not care about you or your baby. There is no "should."  Although you are 40 and in perfect health, as a first-time mom at 40, stillbirth rates rise because your body and placenta just is not as strong as it would be if you were 20.  It would not be unreasonable for you to wait for 40 weeks -- but do so in the knowledge of the risks of stillbirth, as well as any advice that your particular doctor gives you in your case.  For example, even slightly high blood pressure might tip the scales more strongly towards 39 weeks.  [/quote]

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