- Industry: Health care
- Number of terms: 8622
- Number of blossaries: 1
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A childbirth technique that advocates a trauma-free birth. This can include putting the baby on the mother's abdomen immediately after delivery, dimming the lights, massaging the baby, or giving the newborn a warm bath.
Industry:Parenting
A class of antidepressant medications often given to new mothers suffering from postpartum depression.
Industry:Parenting
A common and highly contagious viral infection. If contracted during pregnancy, CMV may lead to hearing loss, vision problems, and behavioral problems in the baby.
Industry:Parenting
A common sexually transmitted disease, often with no visible symptoms. Left untreated, chlamydia can make a woman infertile. If a woman who has chlamydia becomes pregnant, she can pass the infection on to the baby, causing pneumonia, eye infections, and, in severe cases, blindness. Chlamydia is treatable with antibiotics. All babies receive antibiotics in their eyes after they are born to protect against chlamydia.
Industry:Parenting
A condition in which a baby's blood type and Rh factor is incompatible with the mother's. If carefully monitored and treated, a woman whose Rh factor is incompatible with her fetus's will usually give birth to a healthy baby.
Industry:Parenting
A condition in which a newborn has a high birth weight, usually ten or more pounds. It is common to diabetic mothers.
Industry:Parenting
A condition in which breathing stops briefly during sleep, temporarily reducing the amount of oxygen that is taken in.
Industry:Parenting
A condition in which the body has difficulty digesting dairy products. Symptoms of lactose intolerance include bloating, diarrhea, gas, pain, or cramps.
Industry:Parenting
A condition in which the cervix, under pressure from the growing uterus, opens too soon without contractions before a pregnancy has reached term. It can cause a miscarriage in the second trimester or preterm labor in the third. Incompetent cervix is often treated with a cerclage.
Industry:Parenting
