The million dollar question: when will the baby arrive?

[ladybird11]

I believe the baby will be born when the baby is ready

[onthefly]

Yeah, most of the time they just come when they're good and ready.
Mine were both 42+ weeks. I have read that the 'real' gestational period for humans is actually more like 41 weeks on average, so that about.com article might be accurate?
I did also read that girls tend to have shorter gestations than boys. One study I read the abstract for reckoned that correcting for girl twins, the average gestation was around 41+3 weeks.

[CrazyLady]

With DD I was actually starting to labour at 36 weeks but had to be induced because of very high BP. I went to visit my sister in Melbourne before her bub was due. Our plane touched down (on her due date) at 3pm. 3:15 my father gets a call saying they're on the way to the hospital It looks like my nephew wanted to meet his cousin