General Gestational Age (LGA)

 

What is a big baby at the age of the fetus?

Familiarity normal baby with a birth weight within 3.4 kg to 3.5 kg. Big babyof gestational age is greater than normal babies.

Big baby is a baby's gestational age who have:

Birth weight is more than 90th percentile for age is (age content in countweek).
These babies weigh more than 90% of all infants within the samegestational age.
Babies with which weights are in excess of the 90% line on the chart the growth of the unborn child - see diagram.
In general, premature infants and more than 4 kg body weight is consideredlarger than gestational age infants.





What caused the large baby from the age of the fetus?
Several reasons have been identified, they include:
Descent - great parents of babies.Too much weight gain of the mother.Mothers with high sugar levels in the blood during pregnancy - eg mothers with diabetes during pregnancy.What are the characteristics of infants from the age of the fetus?
Big baby of gestational age may be normal or may have features such as:
Macrosomia (large baby body).Very red color (plethora).Time of birth defects - babies whose mothers suffered from diabetes at high risk for congenital heart disease, spinal cord defects and limb abnormalities of hands and feet.Difficulty in breathing.Fatigue - caused by low blood sugar.What other problems associated with the large baby from the age of the fetus?
Surgical birth rate is high.Birth difficulties that caused the injury at birth. These include bleeding under the scalp, fractures and weak / paralyzed hand member of (Erb's palsy - associated with nerve injury flexus near the shoulder).The delivery of time can cause lack of oxygen supplied to the baby and may cause physical and mental disabilities in the long run.How big of gestational age infants should be treated?
Specific treatment is based on the needs and circumstances of the baby.Basically, the big baby of gestational age should be:
Inspected for any defects / injury at birth.Checking blood sugar.Initiated breastfeeding early and often.Some babies may need neonates admitted to:
Treatment of intravenous fluids / dextrose (fluids given into the blood stream).Respiratory support.Exchange blood.Phototherapy.Physiotherapy.Can we prevent the baby from becoming larger than the age of the fetus?
Care during pregnancy is very important:
Monitor the health of mothers.Treat any ailment suffered by the mothers - for example: diabetes.Monitor the growth spurt.Check for any defects in the unborn baby.Plan a safe delivery.These measures may help in the avoidance of a large baby or gestational age in addressing the large baby from the age of effective content.
Recovery
Infants injured at birth need specific therapy. For example: Physiotherapy is essential to the infant with Erb's palsy.