- Industry: Health care
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A prenatal blood test performed between 15 and 18 weeks to check levels of four substances (AFP and inhibin-A) that help determine whether a fetus is at increased risk for chromosomal abnormalities or neural tube defects.
Industry:Parenting
A procedure that uses high frequency sound waves to create a moving image of a baby in utero. During pregnancy, ultrasound is routinely used to monitor the health and development of the fetus.
Industry:Parenting
A procedure used as an alternative to forceps when a baby is stuck in the birth canal during delivery. A plastic cup is applied to the baby's head, and with gentle suction the baby is eased out of the birth canal.
Industry:Parenting
A queasy feeling in the stomach that can, but does not always, lead to vomiting. Nausea is very common in the first trimester.
Industry:Parenting
A condition in which the umbilical cord wraps around the fetus's neck in utero.
Industry:Parenting
A condition in which there is too little amniotic fluid in the uterus. Though most times women diagnosed with oligohydramnios continue with a normal pregnancy, it can sometimes be a sign of fetal distress.
Industry:Parenting
A condition that affects one in four pregnant women. Symptoms include a feeling of restlessness, creeping, crawling, and tingling in the legs or feet that keeps the rest of the body from settling down at night. The cause is unknown but usually disappears after delivery.
Industry:Parenting
The spontaneous and involuntary loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks, estimated to occur in 15 to 20 percent of all pregnancies. Most miscarriages occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and many occur before a woman even knows she's pregnant.
Industry:Parenting
