Preparing for Birth

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Across
  1. 3. blood blood left behind in the umbilical cord
  2. 5. characterized by high blood pressure and the presence of protein in the mothers urine
  3. 6. high protein early breast milk
  4. 9. a person who's only job is to comfort the mother
  5. 11. a condition resulting in not having enough red blood cells
  6. 15. acts as a protection against constant exposure
  7. 17. the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen
  8. 18. A doctor who specializes in pregnancy and childbirth
  9. 19. center a medical facility specializing in childbirth that is more homelike
  10. 21. soft spots on the babys head where the bones are not joined
  11. 23. an enzyme that helps in the digestion of lactose
Down
  1. 1. scale a system of rating the physical condition of a newborn baby
  2. 2. a doctor that specializes in treating children
  3. 4. a substance produced by the breakdown of red blood cells
  4. 7. a trained person to assist women in childbirth
  5. 8. causes the babys skin and eyes to look yellow
  6. 10. the process of giving birth
  7. 12. a baby that is born earlier then estimated
  8. 13. intolerance partial inability to eat dairy products
  9. 14. forming emotional ties between child and parent
  10. 16. the narrow passage forming the lower end of the uterus
  11. 20. diabetes a form of diabetes that only occurs during pregnancy
  12. 22. fine hair that grows on the foreheads back and shoulders of newborns