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Pregnancy
Pregnancy is the fertilization and development of offspring in a women's uterus.
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Fertilisation
Parenting; Pregnancy
When an egg and sperm join together to form an embryo, usually in one of the fallopian tubes.
Complete miscarriage
Parenting; Pregnancy
When all the products of conception (fetus, tissue) are expelled from the uterus. See incomplete miscarriage.
Rooming-in
Parenting; Pregnancy
When a newborn stays in the same room as the mother in a hospital rather than staying in the hospital nursery.
Conception
Parenting; Pregnancy
When a sperm and egg join to form a single cell, usually in the fallopian tubes. The fertilised egg travels into the uterus, where it implants in the lining.
Egg donation
Parenting; Pregnancy
When a woman provides her eggs to help an infertile woman. The donor's ovaries are stimulated by drugs to produce extra eggs, which are surgically removed, fertilized, and then implanted in the ...
Lay midwife
Parenting; Pregnancy
An uncertified or unlicensed midwife who has no medical training but has experience with childbirth. Only a few states allow lay midwives to practice, and then only at home births.
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