Pregnancy/Childbirth

2. Process that moves the baby out of the mother’s body.
6. Loss of a fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
8. Postpartum __ is a rare and extremely severe mental illness that may result after giving birth.
9. __depression is a serious form of mood disorder that may occur after giving birth.
10. __ Blues is a mild postpartum mood disorder
11. First stage of labor during which the cervix opens.
14. Term used to describe a baby who is born too soon.
15. Pregnancy should be a ___ affair.
16. birth weight describe a baby who weighs less than 5½ pounds at birth
17. _ is a sign of pregnancy a mother will have at home in the early stage

1. Curved instrument that is used to help the doctor ease a baby down the birth canal.
3. Prenatal test in which sound waves bounce off the fetus to produce an image of the fetus inside the womb.
4. Expulsion of a baby from the mother’s body before week 20 of the pregnancy.
5. A pregnant woman should not take any ____ without contacting the doctor.
7. Delivery method in which the mother’s abdomen and uterus are surgically opened and the baby is removed.
12. Pregnancy is a normal process not an __.
13. High blood pressure caused by pregnancy.
15. _ Acid prevents birth defects