Pregnancy/Childbirth
Across
- 5. Loss of a fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
- 6. Delivery method in which the mother’s abdomen and uterus are surgically opened and the baby is removed.
- 7. _ Acid prevents birth defects
- 9. High blood pressure caused by pregnancy.
- 10. __depression is a serious form of mood disorder that may occur after giving birth.
- 11. A pregnant woman should not take any ____ without contacting the doctor.
- 13. Term used to describe a baby who is born too soon.
- 14. Pregnancy is a normal process not an __.
- 16. Pregnancy should be a ___ affair.
- 18. __ Blues is a mild postpartum mood disorder
Down
- 1. Prenatal test in which sound waves bounce off the fetus to produce an image of the fetus inside the womb.
- 2. Postpartum __ is a rare and extremely severe mental illness that may result after giving birth.
- 3. Expulsion of a baby from the mother’s body before week 20 of the pregnancy.
- 4. Curved instrument that is used to help the doctor ease a baby down the birth canal.
- 8. First stage of labor during which the cervix opens.
- 12. _ is a sign of pregnancy a mother will have at home in the early stage
- 15. birth weight describe a baby who weighs less than 5½ pounds at birth
- 17. Process that moves the baby out of the mother’s body.