Labor, Birth and Complications

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Across
  1. 2. The cervix does this as it opens for birth
  2. 5. Placenta covers the cervix
  3. 7. Baby positioned feet- or bottom-first
  4. 9. The process of childbirth
  5. 11. Tightening of the uterine muscles during labor
  6. 12. Born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
  7. 13. Surgical delivery of a baby
Down
  1. 1. Medication given through the spine to relieve pain during labor
  2. 3. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  3. 4. Oxygen deprivation during birth.
  4. 5. Pregnancy complication involving high blood pressure
  5. 6. Tube connecting baby to placenta
  6. 7. Irregular, “practice” contractions before true labor
  7. 8. Thinning of the cervix in preparation for birth
  8. 10. Machine used to help premature babies regulate body temperature