// 03.14.2008 at 9:58 pm //

How To Count Pregnancy Age

When declared pregnant positive, Its the moment for you starting to count your pregnancy age. There many Method to test your pregnancy.

Sometimes pregnant mother doesn’t know certain the pregnancy age, because time the happening of impregnation is not known surely. Next, some method to count your pregnancy ages.

Latest Menstruation First Day

here, menstruation cycle that so standard. Based on that date, doctor estimates pregnancy age and date births counted based on Naegele formula, that is (Day+7), (Month–3), (year+1). the example, when is menstruation latest date 1st june 2003, estimated give birth date at 8 march 2004.

note:

This formula only applicable in woman with regular menstruation cycle, Normal length menstruation cycle are 28-30 day.

- date estimate gives often slip between 7 days before or after it. only around 5% baby that will born appropriate this calculation.

- to decrease possibility error in this method, we could added the shorter day of menstruation cycle. ang the long day menstruation cycle will reduced few days of date of birth

- for month can not reduced 3, January for example, February, and march, so the month augmenting 9, but year it permanent.

Fetus Movement
- in first pregnancy, fetus movement detects after pregnancy age 18-20 week.
- in pregnancy second and further, fetus movement detects in pregnancy age 16-18 week.
- enter third trimester’s pregnancy age, fetus movement will gain and often. but, not seldom fetus exactly less mobile move.

note: this estimate is done when you forget latest menstruation first day.

Tall Top Uterus

in this measurement, doctor will feel uterus top (fundus uteri) that jut at stomach wall. here, pregnancy age is counted with 3 manners that begun from genitals bone.

- wear unit cm
- if distance from genitals bone until uterus top around 28 cm, this means pregnancy age has achieved 28 weeks.
- tall uterus top maximal 36 cm, and this show pregnancy age 36 weeks.

note: this size will not increase again, although pregnancy age achieves 40 weeks. even so height increases, your baby possibility is big, twin, or your body liquid is superlative.

use 2 hand fingers

- if distance between genitals bone with uterus top stills be navel, every increasing 2 fingers means pregnancy age increasing as much as 2 weeks.
- when does distance a while ago above navel, every increasing 2 fingers equal to getting old pregnancy 4 weeks.
- compare tall uterus top and tall navel
- if same tall, this means pregnancy age achieves 5 months.
- tall uterus top that pass by navel and almost at breast midst has showed pregnancy age it has been 7 months.
- if tall uterus top has achieved breast, for certain pregnancy age 9 months.

note: this manner is rather difficult is done in fat woman .

Ultrasonografi (USG)

USG can determine pregnancy age and estimate time births the little based on “gambar” fetus that appear in monitor sail constructively transducer.

note: usg often used to equip pregnancy age certainty. although the investigation cost rather expensive, but tall the accuracy level, that is around 95%.

well, which the best method? its difficult to determined, because each has advantage and disadvantage.

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