- Industry: Health care
- Number of terms: 8622
- Number of blossaries: 1
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The administration of a vaccine, often by injection, that makes the body resistant to certain bacteria or viruses.
Industry:Parenting
The administration of medications to stop uterine contractions during premature labor.
Industry:Parenting
The age of the fetus based on the actual date of conception, rather than on the first day of a woman's last menstrual cycle.
Industry:Parenting
Synthetic hormones that may be given to a pregnant woman with preterm labor in an effort to speed the maturation of the fetus's lungs.
Industry:Parenting
Techniques used by physicians and midwives to determine fetal presentation in utero. The practitioner positions his or her hands on the woman's abdomen and feels for the baby's head, back, and buttocks.
Industry:Parenting
TENS, a CAM therapy useful to relieve labor pains, uses electrodes to stimulate nerve pathways to the uterus and cervix. The theory is that this stimulation jams other sensory inputs along those pathways, such as pain. The intensity of stimulation is controlled by the laboring woman.
Industry:Parenting
Tests to determine the well-being of the fetus during pregnancy.
Industry:Parenting
Swollen and tender breasts postpartum. Engorgement occurs when the mother's milk comes in between two days and a week after childbirth. Symptoms usually disappear in a few days when nursing is well established.
Industry:Parenting
Synonymous with pregnancy, gestation refers to the period of time a baby is carried in the uterus counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. Full-term gestation is between 37 and 42 weeks.
Industry:Parenting
