- Industry: Health care
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Labor that begins on its own without any medical augmentation. During the first phase of labor, the cervix dilates and thins out and contractions begin, usually lasting 30 to 45 seconds each with five to 20 minutes between them.
Industry:Parenting
Low blood pressure. Some women experience hypotension when they get an epidural during labor.
Industry:Parenting
In 20 percent of women, the top of the uterus is tilted toward the back instead of the front. In most cases, the uterus rights itself by the end of the first trimester.
Industry:Parenting
If the corpus luteum fails to regress at the expected time (around 10 weeks into pregnancy), it turns into a cyst. It rarely presents a problem, but a practitioner will monitor its size as a precaution.
Industry:Parenting
In 20 percent of women, the top of the uterus is tilted toward the back instead of the front. In most cases, the uterus rights itself by the end of the first trimester.
Industry:Parenting
Identical twins are formed from the division of one fertilized egg that then grows into two fetuses. They are genetically identical and will look exactly alike.
Industry:Parenting
An assisted fertilization technique in which a single sperm is injected into a single egg and the resulting embryo is transplanted into the uterus.
Industry:Parenting
A pregnancy with bleeding and cramping in which a miscarriage is unavoidable and cannot be prevented.
Industry:Parenting
