Pregnancy & Childbirth

2. attachment holding the embryo to the wall of the uterus
7. marked by high blood sugar levels
10. a surgical method of birth
11. the developing human is called this between the third and six month of development
13. the blastocyst implants in the fallopian tube or elsewhere in the abdomen
15. also known as toxemia, characterized by high blood pressure, swelling in the hands and feet, and high levels of protein in the urine
21. high-frequency sound ways used to create images of the developing fetus
22. delivery of a live baby before the 37th week of pregnancy
23. the first six weeks after birth
24. the delivery of more than one baby
25. the pregnancy is divided in to three periods of time

1. medical care needed during pregnancy
3. a procedure involving inserting a needle into the woman's abdomen and uterus to removed a small amount of amniotic fluid surronding the fetus
4. the death of an embryo or fetus in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy
5. a hollow, spherical structure made up of about 50-100 cells, formed when an embryo divides and grows
6. the work preformed by the mother's body to push the fetus out
8. fluid-filled bag of thin tissue
9. a ropelike structure that develops between the embyro and placenta
12. a newborn that weighs less than 5.5 pounds
14. a test in which the doctors remove and test a small piece of the developing placenta
16. the united egg and sperm
17. a doctors specialized in pregnancy and childbirth
18. the stage of human development from the two-cell stage until about nine weeks after fertilization
19. the blastocyst begins to attach itself to the wall of the uterus
20. the fetus dies and is explled from the body after the twentieth week of pregnancy