Regular prenatal checkups help pregnant women monitor the health of mother and baby, and promptly handle any abnormalities that occur. In addition, pregnant women also have the opportunity to receive proper health care advice so that the baby can develop most comprehensively in the mother's womb.

In the last weeks of pregnancy, mothers always look forward to the birth of their baby every day, but there are some cases where the baby is past the due date and still shows no signs of labor. This situation can be dangerous for the fetus and the mother, so what should a pregnant woman do when the baby is past the due date?

To calculate the exact due date, pregnant women can apply many methods, corresponding to many different calculation times. However, the result of calculating the due date can completely change and there is no fixed milestone maintained throughout the pregnancy.

When the due date has passed 2-5 days, it is best for the pregnant woman to immediately notify the doctor for examination and careful monitoring, because a pregnancy that has passed its due date and has not yet gone into labor can pose a risk to the health of both the pregnant woman and the fetus.

12-week ultrasound is one of the three important milestones of the fetus. At the time of the 12-week ultrasound, the development of the fetus begins to become clearer, especially with the nervous system, fetal heart and basic reflexes.

According to statistics, only 5% of women give birth on the due date as prescribed by the doctor and many first-time mothers have to wait past the due date to welcome their newborn. There are many cases of 40 weeks of pregnancy with no signs of labor, making mothers restless.

During pregnancy, if the baby's due date has arrived but there are still no symptoms or signs of labor, the pregnant woman needs to be closely monitored by obstetricians to have timely interventions to support the baby's birth.

According to statistics, 80% of pregnant women give birth between 37 and 42 weeks of pregnancy, of which 9% give birth after 40 weeks. 11% of pregnant women give birth before 37 weeks due to some unusual cause. So how many weeks of pregnancy is considered full term?

A post-term pregnancy without labor is a case where the mother's pregnancy lasts longer than 40 weeks without any signs of labor. A post-term pregnancy can have a major impact on the health of the fetus as well as the mother.