Here are some fun links on birth size and IQ and gestation length and IQ to read.
I am trying to hold off on wish wish wishing for this baby to get here.
These are also interesting because most studies of pregnancy length have suggested that true gestation time is more than 40 weeks. In a first time mom it is over 41 weeks, and in subsequent births it is around or just under 41 weeks.
http://www.vosizneias.com/109155/2012/07/02/chicago-kids-born-even-a-little-early-have-lower-school-scores
http://www.mindfully.org/Health/Birth-Weight-IQ-Study.htm
(3500 grams is about 7 pounds 11 oz)
http://news.msu.edu/story/8630/
http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/561-late-preterm-babies-cognitive-emotional-problems.html
The risk is small and not huge, so if I were to go into labor now (around 36 weeks), chances are my baby would be just fine, but...I think I will try and hold off the castor oil for a couple more weeks-as tempting as it is!!!
The real problem is I am a teacher, and I want to go back to work, but if this baby isn't born by the 15th, I don't see how I can go find a job and go to work this year. I can't afford to substitute and pay daycare for two kids. But...one more year is worth it for my baby to have the best start. I will just keep telling myself that!
I am trying to hold off on wish wish wishing for this baby to get here.
These are also interesting because most studies of pregnancy length have suggested that true gestation time is more than 40 weeks. In a first time mom it is over 41 weeks, and in subsequent births it is around or just under 41 weeks.
http://www.vosizneias.com/109155/2012/07/02/chicago-kids-born-even-a-little-early-have-lower-school-scores
http://www.mindfully.org/Health/Birth-Weight-IQ-Study.htm
(3500 grams is about 7 pounds 11 oz)
http://news.msu.edu/story/8630/
http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/561-late-preterm-babies-cognitive-emotional-problems.html
The risk is small and not huge, so if I were to go into labor now (around 36 weeks), chances are my baby would be just fine, but...I think I will try and hold off the castor oil for a couple more weeks-as tempting as it is!!!
The real problem is I am a teacher, and I want to go back to work, but if this baby isn't born by the 15th, I don't see how I can go find a job and go to work this year. I can't afford to substitute and pay daycare for two kids. But...one more year is worth it for my baby to have the best start. I will just keep telling myself that!
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