over due

[michelle1965]

i am concernd about my daughter-in-law she is about 5weeks over her due date but the doctors have said it is safe to leave her to this stage as the baby is only small she dose have regualer check ups and bloods taken but i have never heard of this befor r there right in doing this

I'm sure the Drs most definately have her and baby's best interests at heart and wouldnt be taking the situation lightly but 5 weeks is a long time!! Any chance they think the dates might be out??

I went 17 days over, the last three in hospital waiting for an induction, with a very large baby in my tum (estimated 10lbs was 9lb 13oz) and while I started to get a bit stressed all the midwives monitored us and said we were doing just fine and not be worried.

Hope your grandchild arrives safe and sound soon.

thks for the comments the dates are right, i hope everything goes ok myself.which i think it will

Five weeks??? are you sure she has the dates right?
Three weeks is normally the longest they would wait after that there is a risk of meconium in the amniotic liquid.

It seems a bit odd to me.

5 weeks?! There is no way the dates are right! Have you actually heard the doctor yourself say that she is 5 weeks late?! ... there is no way she would be allowed to go 5 weeks over.

Are you somehow assuming that the due date is the "full term" definition of 37 weeks? As opposed to the actual EDD of 40 weeks?! That's the only way I can think of them leaving it 5 weeks past the date.