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Stop Measuring Pregnancy in Months!


There are so few things I’m really, really adamant about as a women’s health provider. I mean, aside from the basic necessities (evidence-based medicine, good care, patient autonomy), I don’t hold by much ceremony in my office. You want to bring your kids to visits? Totally OK; we’ll provide crayons. You need to have extremely loud heavy metal music on while you deliver? Hey, it’s your labor.

But I have found my tiny back-breaking straw, the nagging issue that will send me around the bend. It is my patients’ need to talk about pregnancy in terms of months. That is, “Hey, Doc. How many months pregnant am I?”

The reason this drives me crazy is simple. It is because…

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 Stop Measuring Pregnancy in Months!

One doctor’s plea against this inaccurate—and misleading—way of talking about human gestation.

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Pregnancy Risk Network

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Pregnancy.org

Pre-conception, pregnancy, birth, tools, and information.

AmazingPregnancy.com

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Emma's Diary

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Maintaining you health both before and during pregnancy is necessary to ensure a successful pregnancy. Find out everything you need to know about Getting Pregnant, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Problems, and Postpartum right here.

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Midwifery Today

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MotherToBaby

The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) is a professional scientific organization composed of experts engaged in assessing and evaluating risks to pregnancy and breastfeeding outcomes from medications and other exposures.

OBFocus

High Risk Pregnancy Directory OBFocus.com is maintained by Focus Information Technology, as an educational resource for patients and referring physicians.

Text4Baby

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The Bump

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Pregnancy due date calculator.

American Pregnancy Association

The American Pregnancy Association is a national health organization committed to promoting reproductive and pregnancy wellness through education, research, advocacy, and community awareness.

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Our mission is to improve and promote the health of women and newborns and to strengthen the nursing profession through the delivery of superior advocacy, research, education and other professional and clinical resources to nurses and other health care professional.

CDC

If you're pregnant or planning to get pregnant, you probably have a lot of questions. This website will help you learn how to be healthy (before, during, and after pregnancy) and give your baby a healthy start to life.

Harvard Health

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MedicineNet

Discussion of the stages of each trimester of pregnancy.

MedlinePlus

Indepth article on pregnancy, related topics and numerous resources.

WomensHealth.gov

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