Vocabulary
Trimester characteristics
Stages of labor
Types of Delivery
pregnancy terms
100
What does a males chromosomes look like?
X,Y
100
What trimester do you fall into if you are 15 weeks along?
Second trimester
100
How many stages of labor are there?
three
100
what is a cesarean section (c-section)
What is a small incision made in the lower abdomen and uterus where the baby is delivered
100
what is the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
What is meant by conception?
200
what does X,X represent?
What is a female
200
When does the heart start beating?
First trimester!
200
What is stage is the mother told to conserve her energy and relax?
first stage
200
What is it called when no medications are used, and you relax the body by using breathing techniques?
natural childbirth
200
what is a source of oxygen and nourishment to your baby
What is the purpose of the umbilical cord?
300
how are identical twins made?
What is a single fertilized ovum that splits into equal halves?
300
mother feel kicking and movement inside her
What is quickening?
300
Afterbirth, or birthing of the placenta
What is the third stage of labor
300
what is the Crouching method
What is squatting down and letting gravity help deliver the baby
300
what is a placenta
what provides the fetus with nourishment, eliminate its wastes and exchange respiratory gases.
400
how are fraternal twins made?
What is it called when two eggs are fertilized in the womb by two different sperm cells?
400
When do the facial features become visible?
First trimester
400
10 cm or 4 inches
What is considered full dilation?
400
what is Water birth
What is becoming more popular and requires water and helps mom relax and helps to soften the shock of delivery
400
Clear, slightly yellowish liquid that surrounds and protects the unborn baby during pregnancy
What is amniotic fluid
500
what are Braxton-hicks
What is it called when contractions are sporadic, start around 6 weeks into your pregnancy and are called practice or false contractions?
500
When does the fetus gain the most weight?
third trimester
500
thinning of the uterus
What is effacement?
500
what is an Epidural
What is a type of block used to deaden pain during labor and delivery so that the mom can still push and participate in the labor?
500
what is an important nutrient in pregnancy, b complex vitamin that is found in foods like liver, kidneys, yeast and lefy, green vegetables
What is folic acid?
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