Eskes M, et al. - Via performing nationwide cohort study of 755,198 women delivering at term of a singleton without congenital malformations, infants born at 37 weeks of gestation were compared with infants born at 39–41 weeks of gestation regarding intrapartum/neonatal mortality and morbidity risk. Outcomes revealed an independent association of birth at 37 weeks of gestation with a higher frequency of clinically relevant adverse perinatal outcomes than birth at 39–41 weeks. In particular, the risk for intrapartum/neonatal mortality was twice among those with the spontaneous start of labor at 37 weeks of gestation. Findings justify extra fetal monitoring.