T-minus 1 day

According to the "experts" (products of the medicalization of childbirth) our daughter will reach full term tomorrow, April 5. I'm not sure how the pre-science midwives calculated such things, although the nine months rule of thumb has probably been around for a while. They didn't have fancy techniques for measuring hormones, nor basal thermometers for detecting ovulation. They had herbs, potions, and the moon, plus knowledge passed on for hundreds of generations.

Remarkably, all the combined knowledge and wisdom of history's midwives and the West's medical profession can predict the birthdate of our child to an accuracy of only a couple of weeks at best.

In the end nature sides with mommy.