OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY & INFERTILITY CONGRESS

Obstetrics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: , This article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the . It needs additional for . Tagged since June 2006. It may require general to meet Wikipedia's .Tagged since September 2006. Obstetrics (from the obstare, to stand by) is the specialty dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during , and the (the period shortly after birth). is the equivalent non-surgical specialty. Most obstetricians are also . See . The average gestational period for humans is 40 weeks by and 38 weeks by fertilization age. This is divided into three . is the same concept for . Contents Antenatal care In obstetric practice, an obstetrician or midwife sees a pregnant woman on a regular basis to check the progress of the pregnancy, to verify the absence of ex-novo disease, to monitor the state of preexisting disease and its possible effect on the ongoing pregnancy. A woman's schedule of antenatal appointment varies according to the presence of risk factors, such as , and local resources. Some of the clinically and statistically more important risk factors that must be systematically excluded, especially in advancing pregnancy, are , abnormal placentation, abnormal fetal presentation and . For example, to identify , blood-pressure and albuminuria (level of protein) are checked at every opportunity. must be excluded (PP ...