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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest risk in going past 40 weeks is that the placenta can calcify and stop providing nutrients to your baby. You might not know this has happened until it's too late. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to freak you out - it was a long road for DW and me to have our two and we unfortunately weighed risks like this constantly until the babies were both here.[/quote]
This is a load of rubbish. Where did you get this pseudo science?? There is zero evidence to support this theory.

OP, the risk of stillbirth for you being under 40 and assuming your pregnancy is healthy and you yourself are in good health with no conditions is incredibly low.[/quote]

PP here. I didn't pull this out of my ass.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6090024/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4121913/

^ This shows a link between hypertension and calcification (not sure if OP has indicated her blood pressure)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143400415300084

^ "....the risk of stillbirth was much higher when PPC was present."

Is there a large percentage of women affected by this? No. Is it mostly linked to hypertension? Seemingly. Will OP probably be fine if she waits? Probably. But this is a thing, it does happen, and it can result in stillbirth.

I didn't claim this was common - I did claim to know people this has happened to, people who are in a high risk community of folks. This was a real conversation my wife had with her MFM and a big part of the reason why she chose to be induced at 39 weeks.=Luckily OP seems to be very low risk for this happening - but it happens.
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