- Industria: Health care
- Number of terms: 8622
- Number of blossaries: 1
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When a person inhales the smoke exhaled by a smoker. Secondhand smoke, like smoking, is dangerous for a developing fetus.
Industry:Parenting
When a woman is unable to get pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term after already having had a child.
Industry:Parenting
When the scar from a previous cesarean ruptures during labor. Signs of a rupture include searing pain in the abdomen and fetal distress. Immediate cesarean is necessary, followed by repair of the uterus, if possible.
Industry:Parenting
A baby weighing less than three pounds three ounces at birth.
Industry:Parenting
A baby who is not growing as well as it should given his or her gestational age. Unlike premature babies, SGA babies are small because of slow development, not because they've had less time in the womb.
Industry:Parenting
A bacterium that can be found in the vagina that can be picked up by the baby as he or she passes through during childbirth, causing a very serious infection in the newborn. Testing for GBS is usually scheduled between weeks 35 and 37. The practitioner will use vaginal and rectal swabs, and if the result is positive, the treatment is to administer either IV antibiotics during labor or oral antibiotics during the last weeks of pregnancy.
Industry:Parenting
A barrier method birth control device that fits over a woman's cervix and keeps sperm from entering.
Industry:Parenting
