prolonged pregnancy

Placental mammals bear live young after a prolonged pregnancy.

In addition, ultrasonographic dating has been shown to reduce the incidence of truly prolonged pregnancy from about 10% to as low as 1%.

Post-term, postmaturity, prolonged pregnancy, and post-dates pregnancy all refer to postmature birth.

Occurring in the last three months of pregnancy, fescue poisoning increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, stillbirths, retained placenta, absent milk production, and prolonged pregnancy.

There was no difference in the incidence of meconium aspiration, one of the greatest neonatal risks of prolonged pregnancy; nor were any other differences in perinatal outcome recorded.

PROLONGED PREGNANCY.

The intervention rate (instrument and operative delivery) in this large study of 3407 uncomplicated prolonged pregnancies, was 49% among women randomised to induction of labour and 51% for those who were monitored while awaiting spontaneous labour.