Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Abortion
Age of viability
AIDS/HIV
AFP
Amniotic fluid
Amniocentesis
Anoxia
APGAR
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
Bloody show
Breech birth
Braxton-Hicks contractions
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Cesarean delivery
CMV
CVS
Cerclage
Cervix
Chromosomes
Circumcision
Colostrum
Conception
Contraction
Crowning
Delivery
DNA
Dilation
Dominant-recessive genes
Doula
Down Syndrome
Drug-exposed
Ectopic
Effacement
Embryo
Epidural
Episiotomy
FAS/FAE
Fallopian tubes
Fertility
Fetal monitor
Fetus
Folic acid
Fontanels
Fraternal twins
Gender
Genes
Genetic counseling
Genotype
Gestation
Gestational diabetes
Hereditary
Hypertension
Implantation
Identical twins
Infant mortality rate
Infertility  
Incompetent cervix
Induced labor
LMP
Implantation
Lanugo
Lightening
Low birth weight
Mastitis
Maternal care
Medical assistance
Metabolic screening tests
Midwife
Miscarriage
Neonate
OB/GYN
Ovulation
Prenatal
Premature
Perinatal
Phenotype
Placenta
Placenta previa
Pitocin
Pre-eclampsia
Preterm labor
Postpartum depression
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH)
Quickening
Rh factor
Rubella
Sensory
SES
Sensitive period
SGA
Spina bifida
states
Stillbirth
Stress
Symmetry
Syphilis
Teratogen
Toxemia
Toxins
Toxoplasmosis
Tracking
Transition
Trimester
Uterus
Ultrasound
Umbilical cord
Varicella
Vernix
Viability
Water breaks
X and y chromosomes
Zygote


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