Post-term Baby

A post-term baby is a baby (newborn) born 286 days or more after the start of the last menstrual period, or 42 weeks or more after the expected conception. The date for determining the duration of gestation is primarily established for first-time mothers, and in the case of a repeat pregnancy, based on the obstetric history. There are no exact statistics regarding the number of post-term newborns, since this diagnosis is often made during the pre-cultural development of the baby. According to some estimates, the incidence of post-term infants among all newborns ranges from 3-9%.

Main causes of postmaturity

We are now accustomed to expecting the arrival of a new family member around nine months after fertilization, but this was not always the case. Even before the science of medicine appeared, people could, of course, understand when it was time to put a woman to bed. However, the very first child could have been born to a seventy-five-year-old man who became a father after the unexpected pregnancy of his own daughter. This phenomenon is still rare, but there is evidence that even Jesus Christ was born in a similar way. Even with the fact that evolution had found a way for humans to prepare for the birth of a child, there was a good chance that some of the children would arrive late after a long period of maturation. Per