Re: 38 or 40 weeks for average onset of labor?

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At Tue, 24 Jul 2001, William McIntosh, MD wrote: >
>At Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Kristy wrote:
>>
>>I was just curious, doctors, as to when most of your patients go into
>>spontaneous labor the most often - is it usually around 38 weeks or 40
>>weeks? I'm not talking about anybody who needs induced or has planned
>>C-sections, but just those who go into labor by themselves.
>>Thanks...Kristy P.S. Ladies, maybe you could give me your input, too,
>>as to your own personal experiences with previous births - when did you
>>go into labor on your own? [those of you who did].
>
>40 weeks is the average.
>
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>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
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