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The fine temporary hair that covers a fetus from about 26 weeks and is sometimes still present at birth.
Industry:Parenting
The first and longest phase of labor during which the cervix effaces and dilates to three centimeters.
Industry:Parenting
The estimated date a baby might be born. It is determined based on the first day of a woman's last menstruation. See Naegele's rule.
Industry:Parenting
The distance between the top of a pregnant woman's uterus (fundus) to her pubic bone. The fundal height is measured to determine fetal age.
Industry:Parenting
The female reproductive organs that release eggs into the fallopian tubes, where they may be fertilized if sperm is present.
Industry:Parenting
The female genital passage that leads from the uterus to the opening between the labia.
Industry:Parenting
The estimated date a baby might be born. It is determined based on the first day of a woman's last menstruation. See Naegele's rule.
Industry:Parenting
The discharge of the blood-tinged mucous plug. A gelatinous "cork" of mucus seals the opening of the uterus during pregnancy. As the cervix effaces and dilates before and during labor, blood vessels frequently rupture, tinting the vaginal mucus pink or streaking it with blood. This show usually means that labor will start anywhere between twenty-four hours and several days away. See mucous plug.
Industry:Parenting
