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Macrosomia literally means extra large body. It is usually used to describe a fetus that is extremely large for the gestational age. A primary cause of macrosomia is untreated gestational diabetes.
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･ 1 Reach a healthy weight before you become pregnant. Obese women are more likely to have fetal macrosomia. ･ 2 Limit your weight gain during pregnancy . Your physician can provide you with guidelines for how much... ･ 3 Obtain prenatal ca...
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Before 1982 it was assumed that pregnancies that followed a previous cesarean section were at risk for complications if delivered vaginally. Therefore, all subsequent pregnancies were also be delivered by cesarean section. In 1984, the Coll...
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Infants that develop congenital anomalies may also have an excess prevalence of macrosomia (birth weight > or =4,000 g). This may indicate that abnormalities of glycemic control play a role in the etiology of birth defects. This study wa...
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Although these intermediate outcomes were not systematically reviewed, if they were reported in the studies included for other key questions (and primary outcomes), they were also abstracted and summarized under the key questions ( Appendix...
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Yes, I measured big from about 28 weeks on. I was induced when I was 9 days overdue. I would only dilate to about 2 cm though. I ended up having a c-section and had a baby girl that was just shy of 12 pounds. She was the biggest baby born i...
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Archives of gynecology and obstetrics. 2009 Jul 11 View Full Text
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C - Elective caesarean section is not recommended to reduce the potential morbidity for pregnancies complicated by suspected fetal macrosomia without maternal diabetes mellitus.
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Birth mass is the mass of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal height. A baby born within the normal range of mass for th...
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Macrosomia, also known as big baby syndrome, is defined as a fetus that weighs above 8 lb 13 oz. Thanks for asking ChaCha!
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