Ch. 9 Comp Terms NOT

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Across
  1. 5. first stool of the newborn (greenish-black)
  2. 6. practice of assisting in childbirth
  3. 8. period from delivery until the reproductive organs return to normal (approximately 6 weeks)
  4. 9. medical specialty dealing with pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium
  5. 10. ________ presentation - birth position in which any part of the head emerges first. It is the most common presentation.
  6. 11. process of feeding through a tube; used for critically ill newborns and others who are unconscious, unable to swallow, or too weak to eat
  7. 12. vaginal discharge after childbirth
  8. 13. within the living body
  9. 15. born dead (death of fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy)
  10. 16. ________ presentation - birth position in which the buttocks, feet, or knees emerge first
  11. 17. act of giving birth
  12. 18. secretion of milk
Down
  1. 1. individual who practices midwifery
  2. 2. abnormality present at birth; often discovered before birth by sonography or amniocentesis
  3. 3. first feeling of movement of the fetus in utero by the pregnant woman. It usually occurs between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation.
  4. 4. thin, milky fluid secreted by the breast during pregnancy and during the first days after birth before lactation begins
  5. 7. infant born before completing 37 weeks of gestation
  6. 13. outside the body or in a lab setting
  7. 14. physician who specializes in obstetrics