Pregnancy

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is the fertilization and development of offspring in a women's uterus.

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expressing breast milk

Parenting; Pregnancy

Removing breast milk from the breasts using a pump to store for a later feeding.

dropping

Parenting; Pregnancy

Also known as lightening, dropping is when the fetus descends into the pelvic cavity in preparation for delivery. In first pregnancies, the baby often drops two to four weeks before delivery; in ...

Network of small sachets producing breast milk on the whole area of the breast. Each breast individually submit hundreds of alveoli. Once produced, the milk is ejected in the channels leading to the ...

Aorta

Parenting; Pregnancy

The artery responsible for bringing blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Lying faceup during pregnancy can compress the aorta.

Apgar score

Parenting; Pregnancy

A newborn baby's first test. Given one minute after a baby is born, then again five minutes later, the Apgar assesses the newborn's appearance (skin color), pulse, grimace (reflex), activity (muscle ...

Apnea

Parenting; Pregnancy

A condition in which breathing stops briefly during sleep, temporarily reducing the amount of oxygen that is taken in.

Areola

Parenting; Pregnancy

The dark area on the breast surrounding the nipple. During pregnancy, the areola can spread and darken. While breastfeeding, the baby compresses the areola to extract breast milk.