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Hazel Keedle, Senior Lecturer of Midwifery, Western Sydney University

If you’re pregnant, how accurate is your ‘due date’?

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More than 1,700 pregnant women in South Australia have reportedly been given the wrong “due date” due to a technical error in their computerised medical records. This has prompted concerns some women may have had an early induction of labour as a result.

According to today’s ABC report, most of the women whose records are affected have since given birth, while about 100 are still pregnant. Not all women have yet been notified of the error.

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