Ok so I just read that its posible for your body to just not go into labor even tho the babys ready and your plasenta can start to rot! Has anyone heard of this!
I've never heard of that...but that would be a reason for your doctor to induce you if you're a week or two late! I wouldn't be worried about it, though - if it's true, no doctor would let you go that far past your due date.
Your placenta starts to breakdown, I think in a normal pregnancy it starts at about 38 weeks. With diabetics it can start as early as 30 weeks. With smokers it starts at 20 weeks! The more broken down it gets the less nutrients,oxygen etc the baby is getting. That is why they don't like you to really go past 41 weeks.
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