- Industry: Health care
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Numbing a part of the body during labor. An epidural is a regional anesthesia because it numbs only the lower part of the body.
Industry:Parenting
Involuntary loss of urine. Many women find they leak urine during the last trimester when they laugh, cough, or sneeze. It is a result of the mounting pressure of the growing uterus on the bladder. Some women also experience stress incontinence postpartum as a result of the stretching of the perineal muscles. Kegel exercises can help strengthen the muscles.
Industry:Parenting
Discolored linear patterns that result from stretching of the skin. In pregnancy, stretch marks, also known as striae, may appear on the abdomen, breasts, buttocks, and legs; they usually fade slowly after delivery.
Industry:Parenting
An infection of a milk duct in the breast. Symptoms include swelling, tenderness, redness, and fever. Treatment for mastitis includes massage, warm compress, continued breastfeeding from the infected side, and usually antibiotics.
Industry:Parenting
A protein that is found on red blood cells. If the Rh factor protein is present on the cells, a person is Rh-positive. If there is no Rh factor protein, the person is Rh-negative. An Rh-negative woman carrying an Rh-positive fetus may produce antibodies that attack the fetus's blood.
Industry:Parenting
The end of the first stage of labor when the cervix dilates from eight to ten centimeters. This is the most demanding stage of labor because the contractions are very strong, very close together, and very long. The transition stage lasts only a short time.
Industry:Parenting
The flexible cord of tissue connecting the fetus to the placenta that brings oxygen and nutrients from the expectant mother to the fetus and removes waste products. The umbilical cord contains two arteries and one large vein.
Industry:Parenting
The monthly release of a mature egg from an ovary. A woman is most fertile around the time of ovulation.
Industry:Parenting
The sudden death of an infant from unexplained causes. SIDS occurs most frequently in infants two to four months old.
Industry:Parenting
