- Industry: Health care
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When labor does not progress. Uterine dystocia is when contractions do not intensify; shoulder dystocia is when a baby's shoulders get stuck after the head has already been delivered.
Industry:Parenting
When drugs are chosen to stimulate labor, rather than waiting for it to begin on its own.
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 embryo or fetus dies in the womb during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy but does not expel from the uterus. Eventually the pregnancy will expel, but some women choose to undergo a D&C instead of waiting for it to happen.
Industry:Parenting
When an egg and sperm join together to form an embryo, usually in one of the fallopian tubes.
Industry:Parenting
When all the products of conception (fetus, tissue) are expelled from the uterus. See incomplete miscarriage.
Industry:Parenting
When a newborn stays in the same room as the mother in a hospital rather than staying in the hospital nursery.
Industry:Parenting
When a sperm and egg join to form a single cell, usually in the fallopian tubes. The fertilized egg travels into the uterus, where it implants in the lining.
Industry:Parenting
When a woman provides her eggs to help an infertile woman. The donor's ovaries are stimulated by drugs to produce extra eggs, which are surgically removed, fertilized, and then implanted in the recipient's uterus.
Industry:Parenting
