Across
- 3. Death of an infant when born
- 7. First stage of prenatal development; lasting two weeks after conception.
- 8. Doctor who cares for infants, children, and teens until adulthood when physical growth is complete
- 10. Medical term used to describe the baby from birth to one month of age
- 12. B-vitamin that reduces the babys risk for neural tube defects
- 14. Incision made to widen the birth canal and prevent tearing
- 15. Single cell formed at conception; also called a fertilized egg
- 17. Care the mother recieves during the six to eight weeks following the birth of her baby; also called postnatal care
- 18. Term used to describe children from multiple pregnancies who develop from two or more fertilized ova and differ in genetic makeup
- 20. Third stage of prenatal development, lasting from 9 weeks after conception to birth
- 21. Prenatal test which a needle is inserted through the womans abdomen into the amniotic sac and a sample of fluid is removed for cell study
Down
- 1. Change in the babys position in which the uterus settles downward and forward, and the baby descends lower into the pelvis
- 2. Defects in the chromosomes that usully occur due to an error in cell division
- 4. Woman who bears (sometimes both conceives and bears) a child for a couple.
- 5. Delivery method in which the pregnant woman is trained to use breathing patterns in order to keep her mind off the pain
- 6. Test doctors use to determine whether a baby has problems interacting with the environment, handling motor processes, controlling his or her physical state or responding to stress
- 9. Factors caused by a persons surroundings
- 11. Traits that are always expressed in a person even if only one gene of the pair is inherited for that trait
- 13. The outermost membrane that surrounds the baby in the uterus
- 16. A virus that can cross the placenta and affect the baby during the first three months of pregnancy
- 19. Loss of a fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy