The life of a woman changes when she learns that there is a new life in her womb. It is a blessing from God’s blessings to His slaves. He gives it to whomever he wants. The pregnant woman and her husband are so eager to see their child and prepare the hours and days waiting for the arrival of the new visitor.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And we created man from a dynasty of clay, and then we made him a sperm in the decision of Makin, and then we created the semen.
How to calculate the age of the fetus
- The process of calculating the age of the fetus starting from the last menstrual cycle, fertilization is often between the tenth day and the fourteenth day of the first day of the cycle, where the age is calculated by weeks, as the pregnancy period is (40) weeks or (9) months may increase Or less than a few days. However, when calculating the age of the fetus, every four weeks is not equivalent to one month in the calculation. The days of the month may be 30 or 31 days, so there may be a possibility of error every month or two, The embryo on this calculation for example in the twelfth week, but actually be in the thirteenth week and Hk A.
- Doctors divide the duration of pregnancy into three sections as follows:
- Section 1: The first (13) weeks of pregnancy or the first months of it.
- Section Two: Starting from the week (14) until the week (26).
- The last section: starts from week (27) until birth.
This period is divided equally into three periods, each period of which is full months or (13) weeks. Most gynecologists tend to calculate the number of days of the month of pregnancy as 28 days in order to facilitate the method of calculation. 10) months without parts, which is the entire gestation period (40) weeks and when divided on, as the month weeks (28) days.
Conclusion:
When calculating pregnancy weeks in months, the difference in days between months should be taken into account until the calculation is accurate, so that the woman knows the exact date of delivery. At present, we can calculate the exact age of the fetus by using ultrasound, which is done by taking measurements of the environment The fetal head, where the device shows the age of the fetus through these measurements, in addition to knowing the exact date and expected birth.