Perinatal mortality and neonatal and maternal outcome per gestational week in term pregnancies: A registry-based study.
Jérôme M J CornetteCatharina J van der StokIrwin K M ReissRené F KornelisseEline van der WilkArie FranxJacquemyn YvesEric A P SteegersLoes C M BertensPublished in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2022)
The prospective risk of early neonatal death for babies born at 39 weeks is lower than the risk of stillbirth in pregnancies continuing beyond 39+6/7 weeks. Birth at 39 weeks was associated with the best combined neonatal and maternal outcome, fewer operative births and fewer maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes compared with pregnancies continuing beyond 39 weeks. This information with appropriate perspectives should be included when counseling term pregnant women.