When exactly is full term?

[Chocoholic123]

It says 37 wks but I noticed in my baby book it says end of 37th week which would be not til nearly 38 wks?????

 

[lizzies29]

Im on my fourth baby hun and ive always been told that 37 weeks is classed as full term xx

 

[Loui1001]

I've heard 37 too

 

[Chocoholic123]

Yay, 1 week to go for me then !!

 

[Kess]

End of the 37th week would be the same as 37 weeks, I think, because the 1st week, for instance, is from day 0 to day 7, and on day 7 you'd be 1 week. So from 36+1 to 37 is the 37th week, so the end of that is 37 weeks pregnant. It's like 1998 was at the end of the 20th century. So both are right!

 

[sw121]

My MW says 37 weeks. My book says 38 weeks. I believe my MW!

 

[CLH_X3]

37 weeks

 

[mtemptress]

i always wondered that fact, so i am right in saying that 37 weeks is full term and any extra time that they have added on is is just extra growing time?

 

[Agiboma]

37 weeks as far as i know

 

[lilyanne]

It says 37 wks but I noticed in my baby book it says end of 37th week which would be not til nearly 38 wks?????

The end of the 37th week of pregnancy is 37 +0 on a ticker or 37 weeks completed . The 1st week is day 0 to day 6. It gets confusing. That is why in many baby books you look at week 35 when you are 34 weeks. Full term is 37 completed weeks (37 +0).

 

[Louise1985]

it confuses me lol...but i think when your 37 weeks gone xxx