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Pregnancy

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

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Shoulder dystocia
Parenting; Pregnancy

When a baby's shoulders get stuck in the birth canal after the head has already been delivered.

Couvade syndrome
Parenting; Pregnancy

When a father-to-be exhibits physical responses to his partner's pregnancy, including weight gain, backache, food cravings, and mood swings.

Induction
Parenting; Pregnancy

Using artificial means (such as drugs like pitocin or prostaglandins or by rupturing of the membranes) to start labor.

Hypnobirthing
Parenting; Pregnancy

Using hypnosis during labor. It employs suggestions and the power of the mind to control labour pain.

Forceps
Parenting; Pregnancy

Tong-shaped instruments that are inserted into the vagina and placed around the baby's head to ease it out of the birth canal during childbirth.

Foetal monitoring
Parenting; Pregnancy

Tracking a fetus's heartbeat and a woman's uterine contractions during labor.

Fraternal twins
Parenting; Pregnancy

Twins born at the same time but resulting from the fertilisation of two different eggs.

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