(Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who continue to carry their babies after they reach full term have a higher risk of stillbirth and newborn ...
- Pregnant women who continue to carry their babies after they reach full term have a higher risk of stillbirth and newborn deaths than mothers who deliver by 37 weeks' gestation, a recent study suggests.
"It is thought that the placental function slows down as pregnancy continues and beyond the due date," said Shakila Thangaratinam, senior author of the study and a researcher at Queen Mary University of London. "Full term" pregnancy used to be generally defined as 40 weeks from the first day of a woman's last period. But because these final weeks are so important to infant development, in 2013, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists put forward more precise definitions."Full term" is from the start of week 39 through the end of week 41 of gestation."Early term" is week 37 through the end of week 38, and late term would be week 42 and beyond.
"But, the issue at any given week is the tradeoffs between intervention and expectant management ," Caughey, who wasn't involved in the study, said by email.
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