After pregnancy, women go through early pregnancy, mid pregnancy, late pregnancy, and finally the due date. But it is not just the estimated due date of delivery that counts as a full-term baby. If the pregnancy reaches a certain gestational age and the baby is delivered early, it does not belong to premature infants. So, how many weeks of pregnancy is a full-term baby for women?
The calculation of gestational weeks for women after pregnancy starts from the first day of their last menstrual period and is usually two weeks earlier than ovulation or fertilization. The implantation time of the fertilized egg is three weeks earlier, and around the 10th week of pregnancy, the embryo is in the initial stage of differentiation and formation of various organs.
From around 11 weeks of pregnancy, the fetus begins to take shape, hence it is referred to as the fetus, followed by a period of fetal growth and maturity. The entire pregnancy of a woman is approximately 280 days, calculated as 40 weeks based on gestational age.
After a woman becomes pregnant, if the gestational age increases to 37 weeks or more, it can be considered a full-term pregnancy. If there is a labor at this time, the baby born is a full-term baby, also known as a mature newborn. Moreover, newborns born after this gestational age can cry and suck, have good vitality, and have a high survival rate. Therefore, full-term infants are fetuses born between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation.
If a baby is born before 37 weeks of gestation, it is considered premature, and the smaller the gestational age, the poorer the survival rate of premature infants, resulting in a lower survival rate. So pregnant women must pay attention to prenatal checkups and nursing care to avoid premature birth as much as possible.
