Preparing for Birth
Across
- 3. blood blood left behind in the umbilical cord
- 5. characterized by high blood pressure and the presence of protein in the mothers urine
- 6. high protein early breast milk
- 9. a person who's only job is to comfort the mother
- 11. a condition resulting in not having enough red blood cells
- 15. acts as a protection against constant exposure
- 17. the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen
- 18. A doctor who specializes in pregnancy and childbirth
- 19. center a medical facility specializing in childbirth that is more homelike
- 21. soft spots on the babys head where the bones are not joined
- 23. an enzyme that helps in the digestion of lactose
Down
- 1. scale a system of rating the physical condition of a newborn baby
- 2. a doctor that specializes in treating children
- 4. a substance produced by the breakdown of red blood cells
- 7. a trained person to assist women in childbirth
- 8. causes the babys skin and eyes to look yellow
- 10. the process of giving birth
- 12. a baby that is born earlier then estimated
- 13. intolerance partial inability to eat dairy products
- 14. forming emotional ties between child and parent
- 16. the narrow passage forming the lower end of the uterus
- 20. diabetes a form of diabetes that only occurs during pregnancy
- 22. fine hair that grows on the foreheads back and shoulders of newborns