My boy was born bang on 36 weeks. He spent 10 days in SCN and was tube fed for a while as he learned to suck.

Initially I was quite excited and relieved when my waters broke and labour began, but having lived through it, I would never again want to have a baby before 37 weeks.

That said, while we were in hospital a baby was born at 37 weeks and had similar issues, so I guess there is no guarantee that your baby will be completely fine even if you make it to 37 weeks, but there is certainly a much greater chance that bub will be ok. I have also heard of babies born at 35 weeks who have had less time in hospital than my boy did as well as 36 weekers that have no issues at all.

BW