When Professor John Newnham started a campaign to stop deliveries between 37 and 39 weeks without medical indication, his colleagues were concerned.<\/p>\n
After all, pregnancies lasting 37 weeks were regarded as term, early inductions or caesarean sections were considered low risk and could be timed for convenience.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cHowever, the idea that full term is 37 weeks was never based on any evidence,\u201d Professor Newnham tells AusDoc.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was plucked out of the air in Finland in the late 1800s.\u201d<\/p>\n
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