Pregnancy Vocabulary

Getting pregnant

100

Union of egg and sperm cell, takes place in the fallopian tube.

Fertilization/Conception

200

Egg gets released from ovary, time period when woman is most fertile

Ovulation

300

Zygote attaches to uterine wall

Implantation

400

Tubes that connect the ovaries to the uterus

Fallopian Tubes

500

Female reproductive cell, females are born with 200,000-400,000 of these (specific vocabulary name)

Ovum (eggs)

First Trimester

100

Nausea and vomiting that happens during pregnancy

Morning sickness

200

Cluster of cells that develop into a human form between 3-8 weeks of pregnancy

Embryo

300

Thick, blood rich tissue that lines the walls of the uterus during pregnancy and nourishes the embryo

Placenta

400

Time period when heart beat starts, baby is about 1/10 inch long

First month

500

Test that uses sound waves to produce an image that monitors the baby, placenta, uterus, and ovaries. 

Ultrasound

2nd Trimester

100

Layer of thick downy hair covering the baby 

Lanugo

200

Time period when you might feel your babies first kick, baby measures about 4.5 inches roughly the size of a pack of skittles

Four months

300

Protective coating creating a waterproof layer on babies skin

Vernix Caseosa

400

Time period when baby can start to hear external sounds. Baby is about 12 inches long similar to a row of oreos

Sixth Month

500

Test between weeks 14-20. Large needle takes a sample of amniotic fluid

Amniocentesis 

3rd Trimester

100

Name for the growing baby between the 8th week and delivery

Fetus

200

Baby can survive with medical help if born between weeks 22-28

Age of viability

300

False labor or "practice contractions

Braxton Hicks Contractions

400

Time period when baby gains about 1/2 a pound per week, and hopefully turned head down

Eighth month

500

A rope like structure that connects the fetus with the mother's placenta

Umbilical cord

Pregnancy complications/Birth disorders

100

Also known as Downs syndrome, extra chromosome 21

Trisomy 21

200

When the neural tube doesn't close all the way

Spina Bifida

300

Birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull

Anencephaly

400

High blood pressure making it hard for blood to reach the placenta

Hypertension

500

Protein produced in the baby's liver and detectable in the mother's blood

Alpha Fetoprotein