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• Hypoglycemia is most common in babies that weigh more than 8 pounds 13 ounces or less than 5 pounds at birth, or in babies who had preterm or postterm births.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

Hypoglycemia is most common in babies that weigh more than 8 pounds 13 ounces or less than 5 pounds at birth, or in babies who had preterm or postterm births.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

In postterm births those occurring after 42 weeks, the rate of meconium staining is about a quarter to a half.

I did not know that: fetuses urinate and (can) poop Suzanne 2006

At 37-41 weeks gestation, births are considered to be “term,” and at 42 completed weeks and over, “postterm.”

The Population of the United States Douglas L. Anderton 1997

Fetal effects of persistent maternal fasting hyperglycemia include: A. macrosomia B. postterm pregnancy C. oligohydramnios D. hypoglycemia 20

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