Pregnancy and Childbirth Articles

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  Embryo

  In organisms that reproduce sexually, once a sperm fertilizes an egg cell, the result is a cell called the zygote that has all the DNA of two parents. In plants, animals, and some protists, the ... > more
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  Childbirth

  Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy with the emergence of a newborn infant from its mother's uterus. A woman is considered to be in ... > more
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  Breech birth

  A breech birth (also known as breech presentation) refers to the position of the baby in the uterus such that it will be delivered buttocks first as opposed to the normal head first position. Certain ... > more
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  Colostrum

  Colostrum (also known as beestings or first milk) is a form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth. Human and bovine colostrums are thick, ... > more
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  Fetus

  A fetus (also foetus) is a developing mammal after the embryonic stage and before birth. The plural is fetuses or foetuses. In humans, a fetus develops from the end of the 8th week of pregnancy (when ... > more
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  Mammalian embryogenesis

  Mammalian embryogenesis is the process of cell division and cellular differentiation which leads to the development of a mammalian embryo. A mammal develops from a single cell called a zygote, which ... > more
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  Placenta

  The placenta is an ephemeral (temporary) organ present only in female placental vertebrates during gestation (pregnancy). All mammals other than monotremes and (most) marsupials utilise placentas in ... > more
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  Uterine fibroids

  Uterine fibroids (leiomyomata, singular leiomyoma) are the most common neoplasm in females, and may affect about 25 % of white and 50% of black women during the reproductive years. Fibroids may be ... > more
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  Birth weight

  Birth weight is the weight of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal ... > more
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  Spina bifida

  Spina bifida describes birth defects caused by an incomplete closure of one or more vertebral arches of the spine, resulting in malformations of the spinal ... > more

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