M/B Unit 1 Vocab

when mother and baby stay in the same room at the hospital; arrangement in a hospital whereby a newborn infant is kept in a crib at the mother's bedside instead of in a nursery

Qualified to provide complete care during pregnancy, childbirth, & the postpartum period in uncomplicated pregnancies and also provides gynecologic services, family planning and counseling

a branch of medicine concerned with the care, development, and diseases of newborn infants.

pertaining to the period immediately before and after birth. The perinatal period is defined in diverse ways. Depending on the definition, it starts at the 20-28 week of gestation and ends 1-4 weeks after birth.

a branch of medicine concerned with perinatal (occurring in, concerned with, or being in the period around the time of birth) care

refers to the first 6 weeks after childbirth

maternal adaptation is the way a woman changes to bear a child. It involves more than just the belly, the whole being is affected physically, emotionally, and socially. Maternal adaptation goes on before, during, and after pregnancy

a number that shows how many babies are born in a particular place or during a particular time

Number of deaths per 1000 live births that occur within the first 12 months of life

number of maternal deaths from childbirth and the complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium (the first 42 days after the end of pregnancy) per 100,000 live births. New criteria add deaths after 42 days to the total if pregnancy aggravated the disease existing before pregnancy or developed during pregnancy and the disease subsequently led to the woman's death.

Ratio of sick to well persons in a defined population

an area of a hospital or outpatient medical facility equipped for labor, delivery, and recover and designed as a natural, homelike environment

The interval from birth to 28 day of age. It represents the time of the greatest risk to the infant.

The onset of menstruation

The act or process of giving birth, childbirth

Sexual union between a male and a female involving insertion of the penis into the vagina.

The act of "pulling out" during sex as a method of birth control

Inability of a couple to conceive after 1 year of regular intercourse (2-3 times weekly) without using contraception, also the involuntary inability to conceive and produce viable offspring when the couple chooses. Primary infertility occurs in a couple who have never conceived; secondary infertility occurs in a couple who have conceived at least once before.

Body temperature at rest

The production of birth defects in embryos and fetuses

Implantation of fertilized ovum in any area other than the uterus; the most common site is the fallopian tube

A carrier is an individual who carries and is capable of passing on a genetic mutation associated with diseases and may or may not display disease symptoms. Carriers are associated with diseases inherited as recessive traits. In order to have the disease, the individual must have inherited mutated alleles from both parents. An individual having one normal allele and one mutated allele does not have the disease. Two carriers may produce children with the disease.

A trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it.

Change in a gene that usually affects its function. Mutations may be either the gametes or the somatic cells.

A trait that must be contributed by both parents in order to appear in the offspring.

A general term for infection of the uterus lining, fallopian tubes, or ovaries (PID)

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