gestational age is a measure of the age of a pregnancy taken from the beginning of the woman's last menstrual period (LMP), or the corresponding age of...

Large for gestational age (LGA) is a term used to describe infants that are born with an abnormally high weight, specifically in the 90th percentile or...

Small for gestational age (SGA) newborns are those who are smaller in size than normal for the gestational age. SGA is most commonly defined as a weight...

at a gestational age of about 40 weeks, though it is common for births to occur from 37 to 42 weeks. Labor occurring prior to 37 weeks gestation is considered...

detect multiple pregnancies, and improve gestational dating at 24 weeks. The resultant estimated gestational age and due date of the fetus are slightly...

After third week of gestation, substances are transported passively via intervillous space. The first ten weeks of gestational age is the period of embryogenesis...

obstetric ultrasound, the gestational sac is a dark (anechoic) space surrounded by a white (hyperechoic) rim. The gestational sac is spherical in shape...

number x of gestation. Gestational age: 2 weeks and 0 days until 2 weeks and 6 days old. 15–21 days from last menstruation. Embryonic age: Week nr 1....

typically determined from ultrasound imagery and can be used to estimate gestational age. The embryo and fetus float in the amniotic fluid inside the uterus...

"always immoral". In March 2018, the Mississippi Legislature passed the Gestational Age Act, which banned any abortion operation after the first 15 weeks of...

of gestation, and to some fetuses at 23 weeks of gestation with favourable risk factors. As of 2022, the world record for the lowest gestational age newborn...

Gestational diabetes is a condition in which a person without diabetes develops high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes generally...

these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on gestational age. The gestation figures given here are shown in days. They represent average...

Determination of which time point is to be used as the origin for gestational age. This starting point is the woman's last normal menstrual period (LMP)...

gemeprost) up to 10 weeks (70 days) gestational age, methotrexate in combination with a prostaglandin analog up to 7 weeks gestation, or a prostaglandin analog...

been pregnant (gravidity) and carried the pregnancies to a viable gestational age (parity). These two terms are usually coupled, sometimes with additional...

relationship or legal agreement contains the gestational carrier and the child's parent(s) after birth, the gestational carriers are usually being referred as...

weeks' gestational age) Fetus at 17 weeks Fetus at 20 weeks A gestational sac can be reliably seen on transvaginal ultrasound by 5 weeks' gestational age (approximately...

gestational age at birth) or the infant being small for gestational age (slow prenatal growth rate), or a combination of both. Small for gestational age...

(IUD) age. Gestational age, in contrast, takes the beginning of the last menstrual period (LMP) as the start point. By convention, gestational age is calculated...

group in the United States was 1.04 when the gestational age was 33–36 weeks, but 1.15 for gestational ages of less than 28 weeks, 28–32 weeks, and 37 or...

development begins from the ninth week after fertilization (or eleventh week gestational age) and continues until the birth of a newborn. Prenatal development is...

birth may occur earlier in gestation with the assistance from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) resources. Gestational age is the main determinant of...

abortion-related mortality increases with gestational age, but remains lower than that of childbirth through at least 21 weeks' gestation. For the period 2013 – 2019...

late stage of gestation. In this context, late is not precisely defined, and different medical publications use varying gestational age thresholds. As...

within the recommended gestational weight gain range as it is shown to have a positive effect on pregnancy outcomes. Gestational weight gain should also...

as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. Extreme...

admission for respiratory distress. The incidence decreases with advancing gestational age, from about 50% in babies born at 26–28 weeks to about 25% at 30–31...

less than 6 months Assisted reproductive technologies Pre-gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes Pulmonary disease Cardiovascular disease Kidney disease...

born at a gestational age between 34+0⁄7 weeks and 36+6⁄7 weeks. They have higher morbidity and mortality rates than term infants (gestational age ≥37 weeks)...