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Your Due Date Is Wrong–So When Is Labor Most Likely?

Your Due Date Is Wrong–So When Is Labor Most Likely?

Can we please stop with this due date nonsense already?

Yes, the due date is not a precise date, only an estimate. And yes,  most women will deliver within 2 weeks of their so called “due date”.

But the due date has bigger problems.

Pregnant woman marking off dates on the calendar

Actual birth data, from real pregnant women, shows that the due date is not only an imprecise delivery estimate–as any single day would be–it is 1-4 days too early. Statistically-speaking, it is biased. And bias is bad. Continue reading “Your Due Date Is Wrong–So When Is Labor Most Likely?”

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Author Amy KieferPosted on September 29, 2014February 3, 2021Categories PregnancyTags Birth, delivery, Due Date, featured, Labor, post-dates, Pregnancy, preterm labor23 Comments on Your Due Date Is Wrong–So When Is Labor Most Likely?

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