Encyclopedia: Obstetrician
Obstetrics is the surgical specialty dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . Midwifery is the equivalent non-surgical specialty. Most obstetricians are also gynaecologists. See Obstetrics and gynaecology. The average gestational period for humans is 40 weeks by gestational age and 38 weeks by fertilization age. This is divided into three trimesters. Veterinary obstetrics is the same concept for Veterinary medicine....
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im 10 weeks pregnant and was wondering if i should be seeing an obstetrician by...
im 10 weeks pregnant and was wondering if i should be seeing an obstetrician by...
Not necessarily. Depends what country you are in. These days some OB's don't need to see patiemts until they are in their second trimester and are happy...
Asked by yesdear - 17 months ago
What does the obstetrician/midwife say when a hermaphrodite is born?
Well, human hermaphrodites (called pseudohermaphrodites) do exist. It's rare, but it is out there....
Well, human hermaphrodites (called pseudohermaphrodites) do exist. It's rare, but it is out there....
They might not know that its both and would say the first gender that the baby appears to be which would most likely be a boy.
Asked by The ~Muffin~ Man - 21 months ago
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