Growth charts are standard tools used by doctors. They measure your baby’s weight, height/length, and head circumference and compare those numbers to babies of the same age and gender.

Children born small for gestational age (SGA ... For SGA children with severe growth retardation (i.e. with no catch-up growth by 2–4 years of age and a height ≥2.5 SD below the population ...

but also to document clearly in the prenatal chart how the EDD was established. Consequently, everyone is speaking the same language in regards to gestational age and decisive, evidence-based ...

Review birthweight, length, and head circumference and plot them on growth charts. Determine if the infant is appropriate for gestational age or small for gestational age. Symmetric intrauterine ...