Showing posts with label pregnancy terms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnancy terms. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Terms used in Pregnancy

As we discuss pregnancy in this blog, I have listed some common pregnancy terms that may be useful for better understanding of pregnancy. Here are some terms used in Pregnancy.

Pregnancy

- is the carrying of one or more offspring, known as a fetus or embryo, inside the uterus of a female. (wikipedia)

Childbirth

- the period where labor is expected or the baby is about to be delivered out from the mother's womb.

Fetus

- the unborn child at the womb also known as the embryo.

Miscarriage

- spontaneous abortion is the spontaneous end of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or fetus is incapable of surviving, generally defined in humans at prior to 20 weeks of gestation.