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For example:
January : 1 + 12 = 13
February: 2 + 12 = 14
March: 3 + 12 = 15
D. Now use Naegele’s formula: Subtract three
months and add 7 days to the first day of the last
menstrual period (LMP).
Sample Problem A:
15 5
- 3
125
+ 7
12 12= EDD: December 12
Sample Problem B: The given LMP is June 12-
17, 2008. The numerical value of June is 6.
6 12 2008
- 3 +1
3 12 2009
+ 7
3 19 2009
= EDD: March 19, 2009
Naegule’s Rule is just an estimate. It is said
that 4% of all babies arrive on time using this
rule, whereas 60% appear 1 to 7 days early or
late.
To estimate the gestational age or menstrual
age
Formula: GA – 2 = OA/FA
Formula: OA + 2 = GA
Procedure:
A. Determine the first day of the last menstrual
period (LMP)
B. Categorize the woman as Caucasian or Non-
caucasian race
C. Identify her gravidity: Primigravida (G1) or
multigravida (G2 or above)
For Primigravid Caucasian Women:
Formula: LMP + 15 days (constant) – 3
months = EDD
1. Physical malformations
2. Problems in the behavioral or emotional
development of the child
3. Decreased intellectual quotient (IQ) in the
child.
History
The word teratogens originates from the Greek word
for monster, teratos Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, a
physician from Paris, France, defined it in 1932.
1. Premature birth
2. Growth retardation
3. Neurological Abnormalities
2. Cataracts
3. Glaucoma
4. Cardiac malformations
5. Hearing loss
6. Mental retardation
1. Hydrocephaly
2. Microphthalmia
3. Brain lesions
4. Multiple organ damage
Fetal infection occurs approximately one in
four thousand pregnancies.
It
is a physical and mental damage
in a child due to alcohol exposure
while in the womb
Physical
Symtoms of Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome
Medications
Other options for treatments can
include: having a special teacher,
early intervention to help with
walking, talking and other motor
skills and mothers can seek help
for their alcoholism.
Prenatal Radiation Exposure
Is te exposure of an unborn baby to radiation.
membrane.
Reminder:
Advised the patient to be careful in taking
drugs during pregnancy.