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Re: Baby's Size - 7.5 lbs not Kilos!

From: Thomas (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 23:09:09 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Thomas wrote: >
>It's only about now that fetal sizes differ large enough to form an
>opinion by feeling the uterus. However, with a growth retarded baby it
>is possible to pick it up earlier. Feeling a woman's abdomen and
>measuring the fundal height is a good screening test but the best way to
>know what the size of a baby is by ultrasound scan.
>
>There is an association between parental and offspring birthweight
>however it is possible for a small woman to have a large baby and a
>large woman to have a small baby.
>
>Let me bore you with a story.
>
>In the 1970s a young doctor who is now an eminent professor did a small
>study. He asked midwives and doctors to feel pregnant womens' abdomens
>and guess the birth weight. The results were not surprising. The
>experienced midwives and senior doctors gave the most accurate guess.
>Then the less experienced midwives and junior doctors. Finally the
>medical students and student midwives were the least accurate. There
>were about to publish the data until one (above average intelligence)
>medical student pointed out the error with the study. If the
>researchers had got a monkey to make a guess and that monkeys had
>guessed 7.5 lbs for each woman. Then the monkey would have been the most
>accurate.
>
>--
>Dr Thomas Ind MB BS MD MRCOG
>St George Hospital
>Kogarah
>Sydney
>NSW 2217
>AUSTRALIA
>

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Dr Thomas Ind MB BS MD MRCOG
St George Hospital
Kogarah
Sydney
NSW 2217
AUSTRALIA

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