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31Parenting — For the magazine, see Parenting (magazine). Parental care redirects here. For parental care in animals, see Parental investment. A Nepalese woman carrying a baby on her back. Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical …
32Crisis pregnancy center — A crisis pregnancy center (CPC), sometimes called a pregnancy resource center (PRC),[1][2] is a non profit organization established to counsel pregnant women against having an abortion.[1][3][4] …
33Preterm birth — Classification and external resources Intubated preterm baby in an incubator ICD 10 O …
34Maternal health — See also: Reproductive health and Women s health Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. It encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal,… …
35pregnancy — /preg neuhn see/, n., pl. pregnancies. the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant. [1520 30; PREGN(ANT) + ANCY] * * * Process of human gestation that takes place in the female s body as a fetus develops, from fertilization to birth (see… …
36Fetus — A fetus (or foetus or fœtus) is a developing mammal or other viviparous vertebrate, after the embryonic stage and before birth. The plural is fetuses, or sometimes feti. The fetal stage of prenatal development starts when the major structures… …
37Gestational diabetes — Classification and external resources Universal blue circle symbol for diabetes.[1] ICD 10 …
38New Appalachia — is the concept that the quality of life in the San Joaquin Valley of California is comparable or worse than the traditionally impoverished Appalachia region of the Appalachian Mountains and therefore shares similar hardships.[1] The San Joaquin… …
39Childbirth — Parturition redirects here. For the Voyager episode, see Parturition (Star Trek: Voyager). Childbirth (also called labor, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more… …
40syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
