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is really it possible for a pregnancy to go on forever?????

From: jenny (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:50:59 -0500 (CDT)

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Yes it is possible that you may have continued your pregnancy without >going into labor. This situation is made possible mainly by the
>placenta, which does not physiologically age and as such induce labor
>naturally.Jessica Bardales MD, SOCOG

>
>At Wed, 27 Aug 2003, jenny wrote:
>>
>>I went 10 days over my due date with my first baby and then got induced.
>>My questions are: 1. Is it possible I would never have gone into labour
>>on my own? (My cervix was always high and closed on the internal exams).
>>2. Are there any physiological reasons why some women go way over their
>>due dates?
>
>--I didn't think it was possible to be pregnant forever. What happened to the women who were pregnant before labour induction?

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