Topics About 'Gestational Age'.

AOG refers to the length of time a fetus has been developing inside the mother's uterus. It is calculated in weeks and days, starting from the first day of the mother's last menstrual period (LMP). The EDC, also known as the estimated due date (...

I am very curious as to what other hospital policies are on this subject and what your opinions as ob nurses are. our hospital is a rural one, doing about 150-200 births per month. I work nights on the weekend and we don't have an ob in house. many o...

I have a good friend with a former 24 weeker (540g) who is doing WONDERFULLY. She is now 16 months and is developmentally normal in all areas. I was talking to her the other day, and she was saying that she couldn't imagine NOT saving her little girl...

What is the earliest gestational age you have seen survive? I ask this question because a co-worker told a high risk mom who is currently 19 wks that she only has to make it another week for the baby to be viable. This co-worker insists that her own ...

I am an RN, but not in OB. I am in FL and a friend in AL called me today with terrible news. His wife's water broke Wed night. This is (was) 17 weeks gestation for the fetus. He said that labor was being induced today since there is no amniotic sac. ...

I'm curious - in your hospitals, at what gestation do the docs stop being aggressive with preterm labor? I have found this to vary quite a bit in the different places I have worked. At one place (a mid-size level 2 OB with a level 3 NICU), 36 weeks w...

In doing the Ballard / Dubowitz Gestational Age Assessment, what do you do if the "numbers" are in between? For example, your baby's composite score is "37" - Would you then estimate the newborn to then be 38 weeks 6 days, or just round to the next l...