OBSTETRICS & BIOLOGY
This hormone increases during pregnancy to loosen ligaments and prepare the body for birth.
What is relaxin?
A firm mattress and absence of loose items reduce the risk of this condition.
What is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?
Newborns primarily recognize their caregiver using this sense in early weeks.
What is smell?
Morning sickness is most strongly associated with rising levels of this hormone.
What is hCG?
This children’s book by Margaret Wise Brown features a bedtime routine observed by a little rabbit.
What is Goodnight Moon?
This temporary organ facilitates oxygen, nutrient, and waste exchange between mother and fetus.
What is the placenta?
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends rear-facing car seats until at least this age.
What is 2 years old?
This condition, defined by excessive crying, affects up to 20 percent of infants.
What is colic?
The belief that heartburn predicts a baby’s hair is supported by limited evidence involving this hormone.
What is estrogen?
This baby from The Incredibles displays multiple superpowers before he can speak.
Who is Jack-Jack Parr?
A fetal heartbeat is commonly detectable by transvaginal ultrasound around this week.
What is 6 weeks?
This plastic additive has been restricted in baby products due to endocrine effects.
What is BPA?
This is typically the first sense to fully develop in utero.
What is touch?
This nutrient is critical in early pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects.
What is folic acid (folate)?
This picture book by Eric Carle introduces a baby spider learning to spin a web.
What is The Very Busy Spider?
This fetal cardiac shunt allows blood to bypass the lungs before birth.
What is the foramen ovale?
This guidance emphasizes placing babies on their backs in an empty crib for sleep.
What are AAP safe-sleep guidelines?
Most babies double their birth weight by approximately this age.
What is 5–6 months?
Craving non-food substances during pregnancy is medically known as this.
What is pica?
In The Mandalorian, this character is commonly referred to as “Baby Yoda.”
Who is Grogu?
This embryonic germ layer develops into the nervous system and skin.
What is the ectoderm?
This U.S. agency regulates safety standards for infant sleep products.
What is the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)?
This nutrient stored during pregnancy supports infant brain development after birth.
What is iron?
This condition occurs when the placenta partially or fully covers the cervical opening.
What is placenta previa?
This Shakespeare play opens with a royal infant whose fate drives the plot.
What is Pericles, Prince of Tyre?