II. Indications

  1. Pregnancy Dating
  2. Pre-procedure (e.g. D&C)

III. Changes that decrease accuracy of measurement

  1. Obesity
  2. Uterine Fibroids or other tumor
  3. Retroverted Uterus

IV. Estimating Uterine Size in pregnancy

  1. Week 6: Plum or golf ball size
  2. Week 8: Tennis ball size
  3. Week 10: Large orange or softball size
  4. Week 12: Grapefruit size (palpable at suprapubic area)
  5. Week 14: Cantaloupe size

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