https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/babies-born-at-36-weeks
Any pregnancy over 39 weeks is now considered full term.
Babies born 37 weeks to 38 weeks and six days are considered early term.
译:39周才是足月。37到未满39周都算早月。
early term(早期/早月):37到未满39周。
preterm(早产):未满37周。
The new guidelines have resulted in more babies staying in the womb longer.
But it can be hard to shake the old way of thinking about 37 weeks being OK.
译:妇产科学会正努力推动、执行这个新准则,
但“37周就够”这个旧则可能很难撼动。
其实这个“新准则”已经不新了,近10年前就在推了,
研究成果也非常充实。
37周主要是等肺成熟,
37-39周则是继续等脑成熟。
(当然,39周才出生的婴儿,肺部也仍是比37周更健康。)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5721566/
39-41周出生的孩子,认知功能最佳,高于37-38周的孩子。
因此,对于低风险孕妇,医师都会尽量鼓励39周后才生产。