- Industry: Health care
- Number of terms: 8622
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A virus that affects the genital area. A mother with untreated genital herpes can pass the infection onto her newborn during childbirth.
Industry:Parenting
A vaginal birth in which forceps or vacuum extraction is used.
Industry:Parenting
A U-shaped bar that attaches to a birthing bed allowing a laboring woman to squat when she's ready to push the baby out during childbirth.
Industry:Parenting
A pregnancy with bleeding and cramping in which a miscarriage is unavoidable and cannot be prevented.
Industry:Parenting
A preliminary test used to check for diabetes. Also called a glucose challenge test (GCT). A person consumes a sweet glucose drink one hour before having some blood drawn. If the blood work shows elevated levels of glucose, it's possible that not enough insulin is being produced to process the extra glucose and a glucose tolerance test is ordered.
Industry:Parenting
A problem with the chromosomes (either inherited or caused by a mutation) that leads to Down syndrome or other abnormalities. Half of all first-trimester miscarriages are estimated to be the result of chromosomal abnormalities.
Industry:Parenting
A procedure in which the cervix is mechanically dilated and the contents of the uterus scraped or suctioned out. It is performed after an incomplete miscarriage.
Industry:Parenting
A procedure, used to treat infertility, in which an egg and sperm are combined outside the womb to cause fertilization, and then implanted in a woman's uterus.
Industry:Parenting
A protein that, if found in cervical-vaginal secretions, can indicate that labor is imminent. The FFN test is usually reserved for women at risk of preterm labor.
Industry:Parenting
