The patient asks, "When will my baby be able to live outside my body?" The most appropriate response is:
a. "You don't need to worry. Your baby will be fine."
b. "The age of fetal viability is twenty weeks' gestation."
c. "The best chance of survival is at thirty weeks' gestation."
d. "Doctors don't know because every pregnancy is different."
ANS: B
The age of fetal viability is 20 weeks' gestation.
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