A woman tells the clinic nurse that her last normal menstrual period was September 8. You would calculate her due date to be: _______. (Use format month-day numerically; i.e., January 1 would be 01-01.)
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
06-15
Rationale: Using Nägele's rule, you take the first day of the last menstrual period, subtract 3 months, and add 7 days. Subtracting 3 months from September is June, adding 7 days to the 8th is the 15th.
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