Nutrition & Pregnancy

2. Sickness, Varying degrees of nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy, most commonly in the first trimester
5. Diabetes, In a pregnant woman, insufficient insulin production or insulin resistance that results in consistency high blood glucose levels; the condition typically resolves after birth occurs
8. Human grown and developmental stage lasting from the third week to the end of the eighth after fertilization
9. A pregnancy - specific organ formed from both maternal and embryonic tissues. It's responsible for oxygen, nutrient, and waste exchange between mother and fetus.
11. The human grown and developmental stage lasting from the beginning of the night week after conception to birth
14. Any one of the three stages of pregnancy, each lasting 13 to 14 weeks
15. Birth Weight, A weight of less than 5.5 lb at birth
16. An Abnormal craving to eat something not fit for food, such as clay, chalk, paint, or other nonfood substances

1. Uniting of an ovum (egg) and sperm to create a fertilized egg
3. Fluid, The watery fluid contained in the innermost membrane of the sac containing the fetus. It cushions and protects the growing fetus
4. A fatal neutral tube defect in which there is a partial absence of brain tissue, most likely caused by failure of the neural tube to close
6. Abortion, The natural termination of a pregnancy and expulsion of the fetus and pregnancy tissues because of a genetic, developmental, of physiologic abnormality that is so severe that the pregnancy cannot be maintained: also known as miscarriage
7. Bifida, An embryonic neural tube defect that occurs when the spinal vertebrae fails to completely enclose the spinal cord, allowing it to protrude
10. Any substance that can cause a birth defect
12. Cord, The chord containing arteries and veins that connects the baby (from the naval) to the mother via the placenta
13. Tube, Embryonic tissues that forms a tube, which eventually becomes the brain and spinal cord