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Starter   My first two babies were 40 weeks to the day.   My
third was 41 weeks, but I think it was because of a ton of
emotional stress right at 40.  As soon as that resolved, she was
born.   My fourth was 41+5, and I induced with acupuncture.  I
didn't think it would work, and didn't want to get to 42 with a
"now what?" situation.  (My midwives were okay to let me go to
44, btw).   Anyway, as I am reading birth stories, I'm wondering
if later babies tend to have a cord issue, or the mama has a
good deal of stress of some kind.  My fourth was all tangled up
in her cord, and couldn't move down.  She was born in one rapid
push, and my placenta followed soon after.  It was almost as if
she had been born "normally", she would have had a placental
abruption AND cord compression.    So, for those women who have
had a later baby...did you ba