[KimOH]

My DD was listed as premature (32 weeks). It sounds like your potential-DS isn't that much premature. I think anything 36 weeks or later is considered "full term."

Anyway, although our DD looked really good otherwise, I was worried about the prematurity. However, our IA doc said:
1) the diagnosis of prematurity gave her some other things she wanted to check, but that DD's growth and development were more important to her than exactly when DD was born.
2) Russian babies, even those parented by their birthparents, are often born earlier than American babies, so prematurity is not as much of a surprise.
3) Many birthmothers do not receive good (any?) prenatal care, so the estimated due date is sometimes more of an educated guess. Our IA specialist thinks that our DD was probably born early, but probably not as early as her records indicate.

My take-away from the conversation is that although prematurity will cause you to take a second-look at some other information regarding the referral, it is not necessarily something to be terribly frightened of.

Best of luck!