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Perinatal defines the period occurring around the time of birth
Childbirth

Childbirth is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the delivery of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus. The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labour: the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and delivery of the infant, and delivery of the placenta.....
 (5 months before and 1 month after).

The perinatal period commences at 22 completed weeks (154 days) of gestation (the time when birth weight
Birth weight

Birth mass is the mass of a infant at its childbirth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal height....
 is normally 500 g), and ends seven completed days after birth. (WHO - World Health Organization
World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health....
).

Legal regulations in different countries include gestation age beginning from 16 - 22 weeks (5 months) before birth.








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Perinatal defines the period occurring around the time of birth
Childbirth

Childbirth is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the delivery of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus. The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labour: the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and delivery of the infant, and delivery of the placenta.....
 (5 months before and 1 month after).

The perinatal period commences at 22 completed weeks (154 days) of gestation (the time when birth weight
Birth weight

Birth mass is the mass of a infant at its childbirth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal height....
 is normally 500 g), and ends seven completed days after birth. (WHO - World Health Organization
World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health....
).

Legal regulations in different countries include gestation age beginning from 16 - 22 weeks (5 months) before birth.

See also

  • prenatal
  • postnatal
    Postnatal

    Postnatal is the period beginning immediately after the childbirth of a child and extending for about six weeks. The period is sometimes incorrectly called the postpartum period, which refers to the mother and, less commonly, puerperium....
  • Perinatal psychology