Across
- 4. another word for unchanging
- 7. cells capable of producing all types of blood cells
- 9. special enclosed crib where the oxygen supply, temperature and humidity can be closely controlled.
- 10. first month after the baby is born
- 11. tightening and releasing of the muscles of the uterus
- 15. forming emotional ties between parents and child
- 16. drugs that cause a loss of feeling used for pain relief during childbirth
- 17. open space found on the baby's head where the bones are not yet joined.
- 18. condition in which new mothers may feel sad, cry a lot, have little energy, feel anxious about the baby or have little interest in the baby. In extreme cases hurt the baby as well.
- 21. causes the baby's skin and eyes to look slightly yellow
- 22. thick, white pasty substance made up of the fetus's old skin cells and the secretion of skin glands
- 24. time following the baby's birth
- 25. fine, downy, hair growing on the newborns foreheads, backs and shoulders
- 26. blood left behind in the umbilical cord and placenta
Down
- 1. professional breast feeding specialist who shows mothers hot to encourage adequate breast milk so that the baby's can properly nurse.
- 2. watching an unborn baby's heart rate for indications of stress
- 3. another word for combine
- 4. another word for safe
- 5. substance produced by the breakdown of red blood cells
- 6. lower part of the uterus
- 8. baby remains with the mother in the room during the entire hospital stay.
- 12. system of rating the physical condition of a newborn baby
- 13. high calorie, high protein early breast milk
- 14. another word for start
- 19. widen or open
- 20. the delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the mother's abdomen
- 23. another word for big or significant