14 DAY TRIAL // Not to rain on anyone's parade, but odds are Kate Middleton's royal baby will be born a tad later than the estimated due date.
Live Science reports that, according to Professor Allen Downey at the Frankling W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts, firstborns are likely to spend more time in the womb than other infants.
Thus, the chances that a firstborn baby arrives later than the mother and the rest of the family expect revolve around 15-16%. The odds that other babies are late only revolve around 9-10%.
The Buckingham Palace refused to release an official due date, and settled for saying that the baby would arrive in mid-July.
Doctors only start worrying about the health risks associated with a late delivery after 42 weeks of pregnancy, so Kate's baby still has time to make a grand entrance.