'Full-term' pregnancy gets a new, narrower definition

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A pregnancy is "full term" only in the narrower two-week window that starts at 39 weeks, under new definitions published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology and endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. The groups say babies born within those two weeks do best. Babies born two weeks before or one week after that window, at "early term" or "late term," face a few more risks, they say. Read more here