Live birth (human)

[8] The death of the fetus or neonate at the end of the pregnancy, during labour and delivery, or just after birth is counted as perinatal mortality.

Measured in weeks, gestational age is a term used to describe how far along a pregnancy is starting from the first day of the woman's last menstrual cycle to the current date.

[10] The general consensus is that a fetus is viable at 24 weeks, however, a live birth may occur earlier in gestation with the assistance from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) resources.

An Apgar score is given at the time of birth to report the status of the newborn infant and the response to resuscitation if needed.

There is one case report of a woman having a live birth derived from a frozen embryo obtained before she began cancer treatment.