Gestational Age Assessment: Everything You Need To Know

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Prenatal doctor visits are extremely necessary to
not just see your pregnancy health but also to
check how well is the baby developing inside you.
Your healthcare provider during this time, also
takes the Gestational Age Assessment. Gestational
Age Assessment is estimating the number of weeks
youve crossed in your pregnancy. Usually,
full-term pregnancy is 40 weeks. Alternately, in
this assessment, your doctor would try to
understand whether the baby is small or large for
gestational age. Read on to find more about
gestational age assessment
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What Is The Normal Gestational Age?
Well! The most accurately estimated gestational
age is taken from the last day of your menstrual
cycle to the present date of pregnancy. Your
healthcare provider, will take you through
several ultrasound scans to be sure of your
gestational age till such time that you give
birth to your little one. In addition to this,
your babys age, health and size check is done
while he or she is inside you by a method known
as Foetal Age Calculator. This will give
crown-lump length of the life youre nurturing
inside. This also shows that, how old is the
foetus.
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What Method Does The Assessmente Doctor Use To
Take The Gestational Age?
Your healthcare provider can take the gestational
age assessment not just before your childs
birth, but also after childbirth. In fact,
clinicians use the Ballad scoring system to
assess your gestational age if there is no other
reliable scoring method available. The doctor
closely evaluates your babys appearance
developing inside you, through this
method. However, after youve given birth to your
little one, to assess newborns physical
development or maturity, the ballad scoring
system is used by your healthcare provider. In
fact, your doctor can take the help of this
scoring system up to 4 days of your babys life.
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It could be the size of your little ones head,
abdomen and thigh bone. In fact, the ballard
scoring system works in this way

• The newborn ballard assessment ranges from -1 to
  5 and the doctor gives the score depending upon
  the babys physical, nervous and muscular
  development.
• To determine the gestational age, your might add
  the ballad scores together. Scores may range from
  -10 to 50.
• When you give birth to a full-term baby, he or
  she would score highly, however, premature babies
  get low scores.

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• Based upon this method and the gestational age,
  the newborns are divided into different stages 
• Premature lt 34 weeks gestation
• Late pre-term 34 to lt 37 weeks
• Early term 37 weeks, 0 days to 38 weeks, 6 days
• Full term 39 weeks, 0 days to 40 weeks, 6 days
• Low-birth weight
• Late term 41 weeks, Postterm 42 weeks, 0 days,
  and beyond
• 0 days to 41 weeks, 6 days
• Postmature gt 42 weeks

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How Is The Physical Maturity Of Your Newborn
Assessed By Your Doctor?

• Your doctor can check the physical characteristic
  of your newborn based on the newborn gestational
  age assessment calculator
• Your doctor will check whether the skin of your
  little one is sticky or peeling.
• Your doctor will check soft brown hair also known
  as lanugo in your little one.
• Your doctor will check whether there are creases
  on your little ones feet.
• Your doctor will check the thickness and size of
  the breasts as well as the darker ring around the
  nipple area.
• Your doctor will properly check the eyes and ears
  of your little one.
• Not just that! Through this assessment your
  doctor also checks whether your little has
• The right posture.
• Whether he or she can flex his or her wrist.
• Whether he or she can bend or straighten his or
  her knees.
• Whether he or she can move his or her elbows.

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That means by gestational age assessment your
doctor can keep a check on your babys health
inside you. In fact, your healthcare provider can
plan the best care for your baby by identifying
any problems in your little one. Along with
this, if you need some more information on
pregnancy and baby care follow our blog page.
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