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Zwangerschapsduur

English translation: Duration of pregnancy/gestational age

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Dutch term or phrase:Zwangerschapsduur
English translation:Duration of pregnancy/gestational age
Entered by: cerovo

10:56 Oct 9, 2008
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Other / obstetrics
Dutch term or phrase: Zwangerschapsduur
What is the English term for how far into the pregnancy a woman is?

Context: "Zwangerschapsduur (w+d) bij bloedafname"
cerovo
Local time: 17:16
Duration of pregnancy
Explanation:
standard term used to either refer to the total duration or to indicate how far into the pregnancy a woman is
Selected response from:

Katja van Hellemond
Portugal
Local time: 16:16
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7Duration of pregnancy
Katja van Hellemond
4 +1Gestation
Ellemiek Drucker


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Duration of pregnancy


Explanation:
standard term used to either refer to the total duration or to indicate how far into the pregnancy a woman is

Katja van Hellemond
Portugal
Local time: 16:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lianne van de Ven
18 mins
  -> bedankt lianne
agree  Chris Hopley: agree, although **length** of pregnancy appears to be twice as common as **duration** according to Google... and 5 times more popular within .uk hits
19 mins
  -> thank you chris
agree  Max Nuijens
44 mins
  -> bedankt max
agree  Johan Venter
2 hrs
  -> bedankt venter
agree  Kate Hudson (X): Length of pregnancy
2 hrs
agree  Dennis Seine
3 hrs
agree  Suzan Hamer: More with "length" than "duration." Also, to indicate how far into a pregnancy a woman is, don't they use "weeks"? "...14 weeks into the pregancy," or "23 weeks pregnant" or possibly "months"? "...two months along"?
3 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Gestation


Explanation:
Gestation

Wikipedia:
Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female viviparous animal. Mammals during pregnancy can have one or more gestations at the same time (multiple gestations). The time interval of a gestation plus 2 weeks is called gestation period, and the length of time plus 2 weeks that the offspring have spent developing in the uterus is called gestational age. (The extra 2 weeks is because gestational age is counted starting from the last menstrual period (LMP), rather than actual conception. However this extra 2 weeks is not always added when talking about animals.)

Also:
You should give blood no earlier than 10 weeks gestation or no later than 4 days before your appointment ... There is no actual result from your blood test. ...
www.thelondonultrasoundcentre.co.uk/combined-blood-test/

I am a mum myself and my midwife always referred to it as the number of weeks gestation.

HTH
Ellemiek

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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-10-09 16:11:50 GMT)
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Yes, they most definately use it for humans :-)

Ellemiek Drucker
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Dutch
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! I wasn't sure if gestation also applies to humans.

Asker: Client liked "gestational age". Thanks, Ellemiek!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tina
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