Patient's question:
Several weeks pregnant, about to give birth.Doctor's answer:
Hello, delivery is the process where the fetus and its are expelled from the mother's body after the full gestation period. Delivery occurring between the full gestation period and less than 37 weeks is called term delivery; delivery between 37 weeks and less than 42 weeks is called preterm delivery; delivery at or beyond 42 weeks is called postterm delivery. A woman in the process of delivery is called a parturient.