Question

the fetus who remains in the uterus beyond 40 weeks is called what

Answer 1

The fetus remaining in the uterus beyond 40 weeks is called post term baby.

In the first week after the due date, the baby and mother are not at higher risk of complications if they are both doing well. Even after that, the risk of something happening to the baby doesn't increase much. But certain risks do increase a little. If a baby is overdue, the main associated risks are:

• The placenta might gradually stop being able to do its job properly.
• An infection might develop inside the womb.
• Unexpected problems might arise during labor.

Being overdue is generally associated with few risks for the pregnant woman. But childbirth can be more difficult if the child is too big.

Almost all babies are born within three or four weeks of the due date. If a baby hasn't been born by then, the risk of being stillborn (dead at birth) increases. Babies are very rarely born that late, though, because labor is usually induced two weeks after the due date at the latest.

To induce labor, hormones or other methods are used to try to get labor (contractions) started artificially.