Pregnancy

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.