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More or Less: Behind the Stats

How accurate is baby's due date?

More or Less: Behind the Stats

BBC

Business, Mathematics, Science, News Commentary, News

4.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Paul Connolly is expecting his second child, and the due date is just under two weeks away. In hopes of easing his anxiety every time the phone rings , he is joined by Professor Asma Khalil, Professor Chris Pettker and Doctor Melissa Wong to discover exactly how accurate his baby's due date is... Presenter: Paul Connolly Researcher: Octavia Woodward Editor: Richard Vadon Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown

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At normal transactions.

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It's a kind of cyber attack on a bank.

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Tens of millions of dollars.

0:07.0

Something I don't think anybody has seen before.

0:09.0

It's a cyber criminal group.

0:11.0

From the BBC World Service.

0:12.0

The Lazarusized is back for season two.

0:14.0

It was really like in the movies.

0:16.0

Find out more at the end of this podcast.

0:19.0

Hello, welcome and many thanks for downloading the More Less podcast.

0:23.0

Now each week we set about setting the record straight

0:27.0

when it comes to numbers in the news or elsewhere.

0:29.0

In everyday life.

0:31.0

Hear that?

0:33.0

Good because it's all I can hear these days.

0:37.0

You see, my wife and I are expecting our second child, another girl.

0:49.0

And the due date is just under two weeks away.

0:52.0

But whenever my phone rings, I presume waters have broken earlier than expected

0:57.0

and I spring into inaction,

0:59.0

darting aimlessly from room to room, fumbling for car keys.

1:03.0

And mumbling, well, more like grumbling,

1:05.0

something about why police escorts should be standard when a baby is on the move

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