OLCreate: HEAT_ANC_ET_1.0 Antenatal Care Module: 10. Estimating Gestational Age from Fundal Height Measurement: Figure 10.1 With the woman lying on her back, begin by finding the top of the uterus with your fingers. Then see how many months pregnant the woman is by comparing the number of fingers with Figure 10.2 (each line is about the width of two fingers).

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Diagram showing hoe to feel for the top if the uterus

Figure 10.1 With the woman lying on her back, begin by finding the top of the uterus with your fingers. Then see how many months pregnant the woman is by comparing the number of fingers with Figure 10.2 (each line is about the width of two fingers).

◄ 10.2 How to measure the fundal height

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