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Illustration of fundal height at various points during pregnancy Some degree of weight gain is expected during pregnancy. The enlarging uterus, growing fetus, placenta , amniotic fluid , normal increase in body fat, and increase in water retention all contribute weight gain during pregnancy.
Fundal height, or McDonald's rule, is a measure of the size of the uterus used to assess fetal growth and development during pregnancy. It is measured from the top of the mother's uterus to the top of the mother's pubic symphysis.
Leopold's maneuvers. In obstetrics, Leopold maneuvers are a common and systematic way to determine the position of a fetus inside the woman's uterus.They are named after the gynecologist Christian Gerhard Leopold.
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Montevideo units are a method of measuring uterine performance during labor.They were created in 1949 by two physicians, Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia and Hermogenes Alvarez, from Montevideo, Uruguay.
The postpartum period can be divided into three distinct stages; the initial or acute phase, 8–19 hours after childbirth; subacute postpartum period, which lasts two to six weeks, and the delayed postpartum period, which can last up to six months. [5] In the subacute postpartum period, 87% to 94% of women report at least one health problem.
I just deleted the graph that correlated gestational age and fundal height. It was suggesting that the normal fundal height was about 35cm at 40 weeks gestation, which is wrong according to Uptodate, William's Obstetrics, and what was already written on this article. --Africantearoa 05:34, 11 November 2014 (UTC)