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The postpartum process of the uterus returning to its normal size after the birth of a baby.
Industry:Parenting
The position of the baby, feet down (breech) or head down (vertex), inside a woman's uterus.
Industry:Parenting
The postpartum process of the uterus returning to its normal size after the birth of a baby.
Industry:Parenting
The passageway the baby travels through during birth. It is made up of the cervix, vagina, and vulva.
Industry:Parenting
The position during breastfeeding in which the mother holds the baby's head with the hand opposite the breast her baby is feeding from.
Industry:Parenting
The position during breastfeeding in which the baby's legs rest under the arm as the baby faces the mother and nurses.
Industry:Parenting
The natural impulse felt by a laboring woman toward the end of the first stage of labor to bear down and push the baby out. Your practitioner will not have you begin to push until dilation is complete.
Industry:Parenting
The opening of the cervix. Dilation is measured as the diameter of the cervix in centimeters.
Industry:Parenting
