The article give and pays attention about the misconception and never ending thought about post-term babies physiologic matter emphasizing whether the baby be small or big or does the weight increase nor decreases. To end such arguments, one medical center participates to measure all infants delivered to their institution. The infants were weighed and their lengths and head circumferences recorded. Some measurements were also included and the results show that there is an increase in average birth weights between 39 and 42 weeks' gestation. The study also identifies some problems that may arise in relation to post maturity, Defying the old beliefs that post maturity render abnormalities such as mental retardation.
The article is all about a father story on his son illness. The boy is a patient with meconium aspiration syndrome; his son has undergone several test and intervention at the nicu for three weeks. There were tubes inserted and some antibiotics / IV is being administered, and because of that the child were suspected to have complications. Some study show that MAS can lead to serious illness, even mental retardation. The scenario was held thirty nine years ago and it has proven that without sophisticated medical facility miraculously the boy grew up without any complications at all. The fathers comment is just that “get to know more about it, the more prepared you'll be prepared. And I guess it is true.
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