What is the gestogram of pregnancy

If you are pregnant and have already gone to your gynecologist's office, most likely you have seen him with a small disc in his hands while asking questions such as the date of your last period . This small circular carton is called a gestogram or gestational disc and is used by obstetricians to kno

If you are pregnant and have already gone to your gynecologist's office, most likely you have seen him with a small disc in his hands while asking questions such as the date of your last period . This small circular carton is called a gestogram or gestational disc and is used by obstetricians to know the weeks of pregnancy, the probable date of delivery and other information about pregnancy.

How the gestogram works in pregnancy

The gestational disc is nothing else than a manual pregnancy calculator that mainly serves to let the obstetrician and the pregnant mother know how many weeks of gestation she has according to the date of the last rule. It also serves to know:

- the probable date of delivery

- the weight and approximate size of the baby at a certain moment of pregnancy

- the length of the femur and the biparietal diameter according to the week of pregnancy. Gesto The gestogram is composed of several discs, one larger and one smaller. To obtain this data you have to turn the disc indicating the date of the last rule, with this simple indicative, the disc will indicate when the pregnant woman could give birth, taking into account that

the pregnancy is 40 weeks. The rest of the rings of the gestogram will give us the rest of the information, taking into account that

the result is always approximate and that there are other tests that measure more rigorously the size of the baby or its weight. In any case,

is a very useful tool for all pregnant first-time mothers who find it difficult to calculate the week of pregnancy they are in. In a single second it places the gestation time. If you do not have a pregnancy gesture, you can also follow our online pregnancy calculator to know all this information ...