- Industry: Health care
- Number of terms: 8622
- Number of blossaries: 1
- Company Profile:
An ob-gyn who specializes in the care of high-risk pregnancies.
Industry:Parenting
An obstetrician-gynecologist who specializes in treating people with fertility problems.
Industry:Parenting
An omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid. DHA is a major component of the brain and retina and is essential for proper brain growth and eye development in a fetus and young baby. Eating a diet rich in DHA while pregnant and nursing is extremely important.
Industry:Parenting
An ultrasound image of a baby. Sonograms are performed with an ultrasound machine. Practitioners will often give expectant parents paper copies of their sonogram images to take home.
Industry:Parenting
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.
Industry:Parenting
Analgesics, such as Demerol, used to reduce the sensation of pain during labor and delivery. .
Industry:Parenting
Anesthesia administered to a laboring mother into the epidural space at the base of the spine to numb the lower body. It reduces pain significantly by making the mother unable to feel contractions during labor and delivery.
Industry:Parenting
