Alvin E. Toda

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, RI Kanaka wrote:

> "Alvin E. Toda" <aet@lava.net> wrote in message
> news:1176438903-sch@news.lava.net...
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, RI Kanaka wrote:
>>
>>> "Alvin E. Toda" <aet@lava.net> wrote in message
>>> news:1176349202-sch@news.lava.net...
>>>>
>>>> Hate to mention this, but I guess no one has up to
>>>> now. It's kind of dangerous for the fetus to
>>>> travel to higher altitudes. For example, women who
>>>> return home in Peru to higher altitudes often have
>>>> still births. I'm not sure how safe is a 6 month
>>>> fetus, but I think that the doctor should know
>>>> about this. Perhaps a five hour plane ride is not
>>>> enough to be a problem?
>>>>
>>> Up until the 36th week (1 month before expected
>>> delivery date) of a normal, uncomplicated
>>> pregnancy, air travel is generally okay. Anyone
>>> with a complicated pregnancy (eg, pre-term labor,
>>> diabetes, hypertension, placental abnormalities,
>>> etc.) should not travel by air (or sea, I guess).
>>> Definitely run it by your doctor. They do still
>>> deliver babies on Kauai, as far as I know, but
>>> aren't set up for any "high-risk" pregnancies.
>>
>> Great... but isn't 36 weeks 9 months? You mean 32
>> weeks? But wouldn't the practice be to guardband the
>> time by about one month, say to the end of 7 months?
>>
> Human gestation is approx. 280 days (40 weeks) which
> is usually rounded off to 9 months (it's a little
> longer). There are more than 28 days in a month,
> 30.416 actually (365/12), so 280/30.416 = 9.2 months

Great. So women who try to figure the father could
easily make a mistake? ;) They could be off by four
weeks. Actually, I guess they count back from their
missed period.