

Check out our next video to learn more! Calculating estimated date of deliveryĭuring the first trimester visit(s), the provider or care team will calculate the patient's estimated date of delivery-when baby is expected to arrive! One useful way of calculating this is with Naegele's rule. There is a special acronym for this, GTPAL. Obstetric historyĭuring the first trimester visit(s), the care team will gather the patient's obstetric history, meaning how many pregnancies and of what type. Until approximately 28 weeks, the pregnant patient will have monthly visits. A patient may have more than one visit in their first trimester, but it depends on when they realize that they may be pregnant.ĭuring the first trimester visit, the provider will obtain the pregnant patient's obstetric history, calculate the estimated date of delivery, run important laboratory tests, perform a transvaginal ultrasound, and give the patient some initial maternal teaching. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.The first trimester of pregnancy is the first 12 weeks (months 1, 2, and 3) and the first prenatal visit will take place during this time. Placenta praevia and placenta accreta: Diagnosis and management: Green-Top Guideline No. Jauniaux E, Alfirevic Z, Bhide AG, et al. American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.Īmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 181: Prevention of Rh D Alloimmunization. doi:10.1136/bmj.i5662Īmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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International standards for symphysis-fundal height based on serial measurements from the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project: Prospective cohort study in eight countries. Papageorghiou AT, Ohuma EO, Gravett MG, et al. The WHO Reproductive Health Library Geneva: World Health Organization.Īmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. WHO recommendation on daily fetal movement counting. Katonis P, Kampouroglou A, Aggelopoulos A, et al. PMID:22435016Īmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. doi:10.1542/peds.2015-4434Īmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Survival and major morbidity of extremely preterm infants: A population-based study.

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Eye movement activity in normal human fetuses between 24 and 39 weeks of gestation. Ultrasonographic characteristics of cortical sulcus development in the human fetus between 18 and 41 weeks of gestation. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002220Ĭhen X, Li SL, Luo GY, Norwitz ER, Ouyang SY, Wen HX, Yuan Y, Tian XX, He JM. The World Health Organization Fetal Growth Charts: A multinational longitudinal study of ultrasound biometric measurements and estimated fetal weight. Reference values for valve circumferences and ventricular wall thicknesses of fetal and neonatal hearts.
