- Industry: Health care
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When taking blood pressure, it is the lower number, representing the amount of pressure when the heart is relaxed.
Industry:Parenting
When body temperature rises above its normal level, usually 98. 6° F. A fever is the sign of an immune system at work and usually indicates an infection.
Industry:Parenting
When an egg and sperm join together to form an embryo, usually in one of the fallopian tubes.
Industry:Parenting
Varicose veins of the rectum, afflicting 20 to 50 percent of pregnant women. Caused by increased blood volume and pressure from the uterus on the veins in the pelvis, the swollen veins in the rectum look like a pile of grapes and cause itching, pain, and bleeding. They can also appear postpartum as a result of pushing during labor. Constipation can cause hemorrhoids or compound them.
Industry:Parenting
Using artificial means (such as drugs like pitocin or prostaglandins or by rupturing of the membranes) to start labor.
Industry:Parenting
This B vitamin, found in prenatal vitamins and green leafy vegetables, prevents anemia and has been shown to reduce incidence of neural tube defects such as spina bifida.
Industry:Parenting
The artery responsible for bringing blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Lying faceup during pregnancy can compress the aorta.
Industry:Parenting
