Maternal
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This type of doctor specializes in pregnancy, childbirth, and women’s reproductive health.
What is an OB-GYN ?
This term describes a pattern of behaviors used by one person to gain or maintain power and control over another in a relationship.
What is domestic violence ?
This organ is where a baby develops during pregnancy.
What is the uterus ?
This mental health condition often involves persistent sadness, loss of interest, and low energy.
What is Depression ?
The typical length of a healthy human pregnancy is about this many weeks.
What is 40 weeks ?
Abuse that includes hitting, slapping, or physically harming someone falls under this type of abuse.
What is Physical Abuse ?
This monthly process occurs when the uterus sheds its lining if pregnancy does not occur.
What is menstruation ?
This mental health condition involves excessive worry, nervousness, and fear about everyday situations.
What is anxiety ?
This medical test during pregnancy uses sound waves to create images of the developing baby in the womb.
What is an ultrasound ?
Abuse that includes hitting, slapping, or physically harming someone falls under this type of abuse.
What is financial abuse ?
This term describes the release of an egg from the ovary during the menstrual cycle.
What is ovulation ?
This hormone, often called the “stress hormone,” increases when someone is under pressure.
What is cortisol ?
This surgical procedure is used to deliver a baby through incisions in the abdomen and uterus when a vaginal birth would be unsafe.
What is a Cesarean section (C-section)?
This warning sign of abuse involves isolating someone from friends and family.
What is social isolation ?
This common screening test helps detect cervical cancer early.
What is a Pap smear ?
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings that include emotional highs and lows.
What is bipolar disorder ?
This term refers to medical care a pregnant person receives before the baby is born to monitor the health of both parent and baby.
What is prenatal care ?
In many regions, this legal document helps protect victims by requiring an abuser to stay away from them.
What is a restraining order ?
This medical procedure permanently prevents pregnancy by blocking or sealing the fallopian tubes.
What is a tubal ligation ?
This condition can occur after childbirth and includes severe sadness, exhaustion, and emotional changes.
What is postpartum depression?