Pregnancy/Childbirth

5. Loss of a fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
6. Delivery method in which the mother’s abdomen and uterus are surgically opened and the baby is removed.
7. _ Acid prevents birth defects
9. High blood pressure caused by pregnancy.
10. __depression is a serious form of mood disorder that may occur after giving birth.
11. A pregnant woman should not take any ____ without contacting the doctor.
13. Term used to describe a baby who is born too soon.
14. Pregnancy is a normal process not an __.
16. Pregnancy should be a ___ affair.
18. __ Blues is a mild postpartum mood disorder

1. Prenatal test in which sound waves bounce off the fetus to produce an image of the fetus inside the womb.
2. Postpartum __ is a rare and extremely severe mental illness that may result after giving birth.
3. Expulsion of a baby from the mother’s body before week 20 of the pregnancy.
4. Curved instrument that is used to help the doctor ease a baby down the birth canal.
8. First stage of labor during which the cervix opens.
12. _ is a sign of pregnancy a mother will have at home in the early stage
15. birth weight describe a baby who weighs less than 5½ pounds at birth
17. Process that moves the baby out of the mother’s body.