Parenting Crossword

2. A doctor specialising in children and their diseases.
6. Artificially triggering labour.
7. Flexible cord-like structure containing blood vessels and attaching the fetus to the placenta during gestation.
11. Taken 3 or more times per day. Without it, babies get fussy.
12. A table often used to change the baby's diaper.
13. Wrap a baby in garments or cloth.
16. A surgical operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the mother's tummy.
18. Encouraging the release of air from the baby's stomach through the mouth.
20. An imaging test that uses sound waves to create real-time pictures of babies.
21. Depression suffered by a mother before the birth.
24. Depression suffered by a mother following childbirth.
25. A doctor who specialises in Pregnancy and Birth.

1. An injection into the back to take away pain during childbirth. It makes everything numb below the waist for a few hours.
3. When the tummy muscles start to squeeze, so the baby can be pushed out
4. A small piece of fabric that's tied under a baby's chin to keep food or milk from staining her clothes.
5. Store bought baby’s milk.
8. A celebration for expectant mothers.
9. Making safe, designing to prevent tampering or opening by children.
10. Torso-covering baby bodysuit that is loosely fitted.
12. A bed frame with bars to surround a sleeping baby and protect him or her from falling out.
14. A room set aside as a bedroom for a baby.
15. The ability to conceive children or young.
17. Born more than 4 weeks early.
19. A plastic, rubber, or silicone nipple substitute.
22. From when contractions start to when the baby comes out
23. A miniature toilet.