Across
- 2. Process that moves the baby out of the mother’s body.
- 6. Loss of a fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
- 8. Postpartum __ is a rare and extremely severe mental illness that may result after giving birth.
- 9. __depression is a serious form of mood disorder that may occur after giving birth.
- 10. __ Blues is a mild postpartum mood disorder
- 11. First stage of labor during which the cervix opens.
- 14. Term used to describe a baby who is born too soon.
- 15. Pregnancy should be a ___ affair.
- 16. birth weight describe a baby who weighs less than 5½ pounds at birth
- 17. _ is a sign of pregnancy a mother will have at home in the early stage
Down
- 1. Curved instrument that is used to help the doctor ease a baby down the birth canal.
- 3. Prenatal test in which sound waves bounce off the fetus to produce an image of the fetus inside the womb.
- 4. Expulsion of a baby from the mother’s body before week 20 of the pregnancy.
- 5. A pregnant woman should not take any ____ without contacting the doctor.
- 7. Delivery method in which the mother’s abdomen and uterus are surgically opened and the baby is removed.
- 12. Pregnancy is a normal process not an __.
- 13. High blood pressure caused by pregnancy.
- 15. _ Acid prevents birth defects