Across
- 2. The cervix does this as it opens for birth
- 5. Placenta covers the cervix
- 7. Baby positioned feet- or bottom-first
- 9. The process of childbirth
- 11. Tightening of the uterine muscles during labor
- 12. Born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
- 13. Surgical delivery of a baby
Down
- 1. Medication given through the spine to relieve pain during labor
- 3. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- 4. Oxygen deprivation during birth.
- 5. Pregnancy complication involving high blood pressure
- 6. Tube connecting baby to placenta
- 7. Irregular, “practice” contractions before true labor
- 8. Thinning of the cervix in preparation for birth
- 10. Machine used to help premature babies regulate body temperature