I agree-The doctors kept changing my due dates around for my son so I stopped keeping track.

I don’t see why doctors these days are so induction and c-section happy anyway, they generally cause more problems than they are worth!

With regards to due dates, she’s taking the most sensible approach – the baby will come when it’s ready. A due date is only an approximation anyway, and I don’t understand why people get so hung up on a date which has no real significance in the scheme of things. My midwife refuses to give a due “date”, she prefers to give a window of time when the baby may be born. Each woman’s body is different and each baby is different – our bodies and unborn children don’t read the memo from the calculator!

Any time from 38 weeks until 42 weeks is considered “due” … before that is considered early and after that is considered post dates – and just because the magical 42 week date passes doesn’t mean the placenta automatically shuts down and the baby must be born straight away. As long as the mother and baby are being monitored the baby doesn’t have to be induced if everything is fine. A close friend of mine went to 44 weeks (she didn’t want to be induced) and everything was wonderful.

Good for Myleene for being sensible.