Chapter 6 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. the lower part of the uterus
  2. 4. Period the first month after the baby is born
  3. 5. to widen or open
  4. 8. when a baby remains with the mother in her room during the hospital stay
  5. 9. delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the mother's abdomen
  6. 10. a substance produced by the breakdown of red blood cells
  7. 12. the blood left behind in the umbilical cord
  8. 13. an open space found on the baby's head where the bones are not yet joined
  9. 15. a condition that causes the baby's skin & eyes to look slightly yellow
Down
  1. 1. a special enclosed crib
  2. 2. drugs that cause a loss of feeling, used for pain relief
  3. 3. a sign of labor
  4. 6. a system of rating the physical condition of a newborn baby
  5. 7. Period the time following the baby's birth
  6. 11. to make the process of labor or birth begin by a medical intervention
  7. 14. to combine; to unite or blend