Induction because of age?

[RNTTC2011]

I have never heard of age being a sole deciding factor in delivery. What does your OB/MW say about the scheduled induction? Full term is techinically 37 weeks, so there's no harm in delivering early, but it should be your choice and not determined for you unless medically necessary.

Hi there, are you sure this is correct? It is true that many babies that are born at 37 weeks are healthy and well developed, but full term is surely classed as 40 weeks, and lots of people believe between 40 and 42 weeks is full term.

Actually any baby born after 37 weeks is term. 35-37 weeks is late preterm but usually babies stay with moms. Over 42 weeks is post term. I work in NICU and L&D. This is how we classify the babies.