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Did You Know: a healthy full-term pregnancy is measured between 37 – 42 weeks?

Posted on June 12, 2014

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Most pregnancies go to full term, which means that a woman will go into spontaneous labour some time between the 37 and 42 week mark. Our campaign is called 42 weeks to reflect that the vast majority of… Read More

 Category: Did You Know?, Induction, Information      Tags: Due date, induction of labour

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