1st trimester
This is when the baby’s heart begins to beat.
What is the first trimester?
Many pregnant individuals first feel the baby move during this trimester.
What is the second trimester?
This trimester is focused on rapid growth and weight gain.
What is the third trimester?
Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of this common complication related to low oxygen.
What is low birth weight?
This is the first stage of labor when the cervix dilates to 10 cm.
What is the dilation stage?
This structure forms to nourish and oxygenate the baby throughout pregnancy.
What is the placenta?
The term for feeling the baby’s first movements.
What is quickening?
This position is ideal for vaginal delivery.
What is cephalic (vertex) position? or what is head down position?
This vitamin is especially important early in pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects.
What is folic acid?
This stage begins at 10 cm and ends with the birth of the baby.
What is the pushing (expulsion) stage?
During this period, major organs begin to form.
What is organogenesis?
This ultrasound scan is commonly done around 18–20 weeks to assess fetal anatomy.
What is the anatomy scan?
Practice contractions that may occur but do not cause cervical change
What are Braxton Hicks contractions?
Uncontrolled high blood sugar during pregnancy can lead to this condition.
What is gestational diabetes?
This stage occurs after the baby is born and ends with delivery of this structure.
What is the placenta (third stage of labor)?
Exposure to harmful substances during this trimester can cause the most structural birth defects.
What is the first trimester?
During this trimester, the baby begins developing this substance in the lungs to help them breathe after birth.
What is surfactant?
Babies born before this week are considered preterm.
What is before 37 weeks?
High blood pressure in pregnancy with protein in the urine is called this condition.
What is preeclampsia?
Contractions that cause cervical change are a sign of this type of labor.
What is true labor?
This hormone increases rapidly in early pregnancy and is detected on a pregnancy test.
What is hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin)?
The fetus can begin to hear sounds from outside the womb during this trimester.
What is the second trimester?
In this trimester, the baby’s brain and lungs undergo major final maturation.
What is the third trimester?
Chronic stress in pregnancy can affect fetal development through increased levels of this hormone.
What is cortisol?
The thinning and opening of the cervix are called this.
What are effacement and dilation?