What is the period of absence from work granted to a mother before and after the birth of her child called?

What do you call a child under 28 days of age?

What is the area between the anus and the vulva called?

What is the term for the time following childbirth, which may refer to issues pertaining to the mother following childbirth?

What is the term for mood swings, crying spells, anxiety, and difficulty sleeping that typically begin within the first two to three days after delivery and may last for up to two weeks?

What is the term for depression suffered by a mother following childbirth, typically arising from hormonal changes, psychological adjustment to motherhood, and fatigue, with symptoms that are more intense and last longer than baby blues?

What is the rare severe mental illness characterized by extreme difficulty in responding emotionally to a newborn baby, typically developing within the first week after delivery, and may lead to life-threatening thoughts or behaviors and requires immediate treatment?

What is a network of people who provide an individual with practical or emotional support called?

What is the term for when the cervix will dilate from 6 to 10 centimeters and contractions will become stronger, closer together, and regular?

What is the name of the option for women having a low-risk pregnancy who want to give birth with minimal intervention in a cozy home-like setting?

What is the fluid-filled sac that contains and protects a fetus in the womb called?

What is the term for relieving pain without loss of feeling or muscle movement; used to lessen the pain, but does not stop pain completely?

What is the term for relieving pain by blocking most feeling, including pain?

What do you call a person who specializes in preoperative care, developing anesthetic plans, and the administration of anesthetics?

What is the term for mild, irregular contractions during pregnancy?

What is it called when a baby is positioned feet or bottom first in the uterus?

Fill in the blank: A ______ is someone who focuses on preconception, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and newborn care.

Fill in the blank: A ______ is the surgical delivery of a baby through a cut (incision) made in the mother's abdomen and uterus.

Fill in the blank: To ______ means to widen the cervix; full dilation is 10 centimeters.

Fill in the blank: ______ are trained companions who are not healthcare professionals and who support another person through a significant health-related experience like childbirth.

Fill in the blank: An ______ is an injection in a woman's back to stop her from feeling pain in part of her body; commonly given for pain relief in childbirth.

Fill in the blank: An ______ is a surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth to enlarge the opening for the baby to pass through.

Fill in the blank: ______ means giving birth at home.

Fill in the blank: A ______ guides mothers through labor, giving birth, and the post-partum process.

Fill in the blank: ______ is childbirth without routine medical interventions.

Fill in the blank: An ______ is a doctor who specializes in pregnancy, childbirth, and a woman's reproductive system.

Fill in the blank: ______ is labor occurring between 20 and 37 weeks of gestation.

Fill in the blank: ______ is giving birth at a hospital; labor and delivery room and recovery room; pain medications available; induction possible.

Fill in the blank: ______ is the last part of active labor; can be painful and intense; contractions close together and last 60 to 90 seconds.

Fill in the blank: When a baby is sideways in utero, lying horizontal across the uterus, rather than vertical (head up or down), this is called ______.

Fill in the blank: ______ is when at least part of a woman's labor, delivery, or both happen while in a birth pool filled with warm water.

Fill in the blank: ______ is a prescription medicine used to treat severe acne, and the most widely used environmental toxin.

Fill in the blank: ______ is impaired muscle coordination and/or other disabilities, typically caused by damage to the brain before or at birth.

Fill in the blank: ______ is a gap in upper lip or palate; caused by heredity or environment or both.

Fill in the blank: ______ is a birth defect where a person has a reduced ability to distinguish between colors when compared to the standard for normal human color vision; usually affects only males.

Fill in the blank: ______ is a hereditary disease resulting in the secretion of thick mucus that blocks internal passages, including those of the lungs, causing respiratory infections; also affects the pancreas, resulting in a deficiency of digestive enzymes.

Fill in the blank: The stronger gene that expresses a trait that first appears or is visibly expressed in the organism is called a _________.

Fill in the blank: A genetic disorder characterized by a broad skull, blunt facial features, short stature, and learning difficulties, caused by the presence of an extra chromosome 21, is called _________

A genetic disorder that results in the progressive weakness and shrinking of the muscles, most commonly transmitted genetically by female carriers but usually affects only males, is called _________?

Fill in the blank: Things and people in a person’s surroundings, such as mother’s health, family, friends, home, community, and life experiences, are called _________.

Fill in the blank: Dizygotic twins, which result from the fertilization of two separate eggs during the same pregnancy, are called _________.

Fill in the blank: The basic physical and functional unit of heredity, with genes being made up of DNA, is called a _________.

Fill in the blank: Relating to genes or heredity is described as _________.

Fill in the blank: All traits passed down from one generation to the next, such as eye, skin, and hair color, are called _________.

Fill in the blank: Monozygotic twins, which result from the fertilization of a single egg that splits in two, so the twins share all their genes and are always of the same sex, are called _________.

Fill in the blank: A disorder caused by organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites is called an _________.

Fill in the blank: Derived genetically from one's parents or ancestors is described as _________.

Fill in the blank: Giving birth to more than one child at a time is called _________

Fill in the blank: A condition in which the body is unable to process and use a specific protein that is present in nearly all foods is called _________

Fill in the blank: The process of growth and development within the womb, in which a single cell zygote becomes an embryo, a fetus, and then a baby, is called _________.

Fill in the blank: Drugs or other substances that affect how the brain works and cause changes in mood, awareness, thoughts, feelings, or behavior are called _________.

Fill in the blank: The trait that is present at the gene level but is masked and does not show itself in the organism is called a _________.

Fill in the blank: An infection transmitted through sexual contact, caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites, is called a _________

Malformed red blood cells that deprive the body of oxygen; caused by inheriting defective recessive genes from both parents; more commonly occurs in African Americans. What is this condition called?

A congenital condition in which part of the spinal cord or meninges protrudes through a cleft in the spinal column, resulting in loss of voluntary movement in the lower body. What is this condition called?

A parasite that can cause blindness, hearing loss, and learning disabilities, and death; found in cat litter and some raw meats. What is this infection called?

A rare pregnancy condition affecting identical twins or other multiple births; occurs in pregnancies where twins share one placenta (afterbirth) and a network of blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients essential for development in the womb. What is this syndrome called?

A B vitamin (found in dark leafy greens, oranges, nuts, beans, and peas) that the body needs to make DNA and other genetic material, and to help cells divide. What is this vitamin called?

A synthetic form of folate that is added to fortify foods. What is this called?

A type of diabetes that can develop during pregnancy in women who do not already have diabetes, when your body cannot make enough insulin during pregnancy. What is this condition called?

When a pregnant woman has a blood pressure reading that is 140/90 or higher on two different occasions; can cause problems for mother and baby. What is this condition called?

A hormone made by your pancreas that acts like a key to let blood sugar into the cells in your body for use as energy. What is this hormone called?

Serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with Listeria bacteria (most commonly found in improperly processed deli meats and unpasteurized milk products); can be fatal to unborn babies. What is this infection called?

A sudden loss of a pregnancy before the 20th week of pregnancy. What is this called?

A problem during pregnancy when the placenta completely or partially covers the cervix; attaching to the lower part of the uterus can result in bleeding during pregnancy and can require the baby to be delivered by cesarean section. What is this condition called?

Persistent high blood pressure that develops during pregnancy or the postpartum period and is associated with high levels of protein in the urine that indicates kidney damage, or other signs of organ damage; usually begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy. What is this condition called?

Labor occurring between 20 weeks and 37 weeks gestation. What is this called?

Made without pressing the curd to squeeze out the whey, or milk liquids, resulting in a cheese with higher moisture content; unpasteurized soft cheese is ____.

The loss of a baby after 20 weeks of pregnancy or during delivery is called ________.

Food sold in its raw form without having been exposed to high temperatures, which kill harmful microbes, is called ________.

The action or fact of legally taking another’s child and bringing it up as one’s own, or the fact of being adopted, is called ________.

The fluid surrounding a fetus within the amniotic sac is called ________.

The fluid-filled sac that contains and protects a fetus in the womb is called the ________.

The medical procedure of injecting semen into the vagina or uterus is called ________.

The lower, narrow end of the uterus that forms a canal between the uterus and vagina is called the ________.

The joining of a sperm and egg, also known as fertilization, is called ________.

A pair of tubes through which female eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus are called ________.

A developing human from usually two months after conception to birth is called a ________.

When a baby is born between 39 weeks, 0 days and 40 weeks, 6 days, it is called a ________.

The process of reviewing blood work to look at the genetics of individuals and families affected by or at risk of genetic disorders to help them understand and adapt to the medical, psychological, and familial implications of genetic contributions to disease is called ________.

The period of development inside the womb between conception and birth is called ________.

A simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates is called ________.

A test that measures the level of glucose in a pregnant woman’s body, requiring her to fast and drink a special sugar mixture and have her blood drawn an hour later, used to determine risk of gestational diabetes, is called ________.

An infection caused by a common bacterium (group B streptococcus), found in women in vagina, usually harmless in adults but potentially dangerous in newborns if assed to baby during delivery, producing symptoms such as fever, trouble feeding, and lethargy, is called ________.

A hormone found in women's blood and urine throughout pregnancy, and detectable in the blood shortly after implantation of the embryo in the uterus, which tells the body it is pregnant and puts the womb to work creating a safe home for the baby to grow in, is called ________.

A medical procedure whereby an egg is fertilized by sperm in a test tube or elsewhere outside the body is called _________.

Not being able to get pregnant (conceive) after one year (or longer) of unprotected sex is called _________.

Fine, soft hair, especially that which covers the body and limbs of a human fetus or newborn is called _________.

A doctor of obstetrics who has three additional years of training in helping women through high-risk pregnancies is called a _________

The process in a woman of discharging blood and other materials from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about a month is called _________.

Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy; potentially occurring at any time of day and common during the first trimester is called _________.

The female reproductive organ in which eggs are produced is called the _________.

The process in which a mature egg is released from the ovary is called _________.

A single cell released from the female reproductive organ (ovaries), which is capable of developing into a new organism when fertilized with a sperm cell is called an _________.

The organ that develops/attaches in a woman’s uterus during pregnancy, provides oxygen and nutrients to the growing baby, and removes waste products from baby’s blood is called the _________?

A noninvasive screening, maternal blood sample to collect DNA, to check for certain chromosomal abnormalities is called _________.

The process of growth and development within the womb from fertilization to delivery is called _________.

Testing that can identify whether a baby is more or less likely to have certain birth defects, many of which are genetic disorders, is called a _________

The act of giving birth by a woman who bears a child on behalf of another person or couple, typically by artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization, is called _________?