- Industry: Health care
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The death of a live-born baby anytime between birth and four weeks of age.
Industry:Parenting
The device used in ultrasound that emits sound waves and transmits them to a computer, resulting in the ultrasound image.
Industry:Parenting
The central muscle that runs down the front of the abdomen and supports the back. During pregnancy it may separate, but it returns to normal after delivery.
Industry:Parenting
The condition that results when endometrial cells (the tissue that lines the uterus) grow outside the uterus, most often on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, or in the abdominal cavity.
Industry:Parenting
The collecting and storing of the baby's umbilical-cord blood for future medical use. Though still controversial, some parents opt for banking in case the stem cells should be needed one day for the treatment of a serious disease in the child or another family member.
Industry:Parenting
The body's temperature upon first waking up in the morning. The basal body temperature (tracked using a highly sensitive basal body thermometer) rises sharply around the time of ovulation, helping women determine when they're fertile.
Industry:Parenting
The bursting of the sac holding the amniotic fluid using an instrument resembling a crochet hook with a pointy tip. Practitioners often break the waters to speed up a labor that has slowed.
Industry:Parenting
The birth of a baby through the birth canal, as opposed to a cesarean section, which is the birth of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen.
Industry:Parenting
The age of the fetus while in the uterus, counted from the first day of the last menstrual period.
Industry:Parenting
The amount of pressure blood exerts against the walls of the arteries. The upper number refers to the systolic pressure (the amount of pressure when the heart contracts), and the lower number refers to the diastolic pressure (the amount of pressure when the heart relaxes). During pregnancy, blood pressure drops toward the second trimester and then rises again in the third trimester. High blood pressure during pregnancy can be caused by preeclampsia.
Industry:Parenting
