11/10/2025
This is a great post, love Sara Wickham đź’–
“Dating pregnancy is not an exact science and there is considerable variation between women.
It is normal that some women naturally have longer pregnancies than others.
The idea that something terrible will happen if a woman remains pregnant for a moment longer than 42 weeks just isn’t true.
The baby doesn’t turn into a pumpkin at midnight.”
It’s so important that women have full information and are able to look at the pros and cons of different courses of action before making the decisions that are right for them.
Part of that is sorting the myths from the facts.
This quote is from my book, “Inducing Labour: making informed decisions."
Find out more about that and my other books and explore birth-related information and decision making at www.sarawickham.com/iol