The problem with due dates is that they�??re always �??estimated�?�. In fact, only 5% of babies are born on their �??due dates�?�, so the term is obviously not at all accurate. It�??s more like a �??somewhere in here maybe possibly�?� date. Two weeks on either side doesn�??t sound like much, I guess, unless you�??re the one who�??s forty weeks pregnant and anxiously waiting to meet your new child in person.
Two weeks, then, can seem like a very long time.