Unit 3:Birth and the Newborn Crossword

The placenta, umbilical cord and amniotic sac that is delivered after the baby.
A rating system that tests a newborns physical condition.
Forming strong emotional ties between individuals.
The lower part of the uterus.
To deliver the baby by making a surgical incision in the mother's abdomen.
The first milk produced by a women's breast after childbirth. It is rich in antibodies to protect the child from disease.
The birth of the baby.
The stretching of the cervix to ready it for childbirth.
open spaces in a baby's head where the bones have not joined.
Specialized tongs or pincher's used in delivery to grasp a baby to aid in delivery.
The process by which baby gradually moves out of the uterus into the vagina to be born.
A non-medically trained person who helps deliver babies.
A doctor who specializes in the care of children.
The period of child after the birth
The time for the mother after the baby is born.
Baby born before 37 weeks of development and weighing less than 5 pounds 8 ounces
When the newborn stays in the room with the mother day and night in the hospital.
The muscle walls of the uterus working to expel the baby.
The birth canal the allows the baby to be delivered.
A medically trained person who helps deliver babies