obstetrics
Childbirth medical specialty
Obstetrics is the branch of medicine dealing with pregnancy, childbirth, and the period immediately following delivery.
An obstetrician specializes in this field, monitoring fetal development, managing labor, and handling complications like cesarean sections.
The related field of gynecology addresses women's reproductive health more broadly; the two often merge in practice as OB-GYN.
Carrying offspring in womb
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- fetusGestating offspring
- embryoOrganism before birth
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
conception · amniotic · placenta · prenatal · antenatal · expecting · ectopic · implantation
Conveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- parturitionAct of giving birth
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- dilationWidening of an opening
induction · epidural · pitocin · transition · crowning · pushing · station · presentation
Childbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- perinatologistDoctor for high-risk pregnancies
- OB-GYNWomen's reproductive medicine specialty
- sonographerUltrasound imaging professional
Surgical childbirth method
- episiotomyPerineal incision during labor
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- waterbirthChildbirth in a tub
VBAC · perineal · laceration · afterbirth · skin-to-skin · vernix
Infant just delivered
- neonateInfant under 28 days
- preemieBaby born early
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- isoletteEnclosed neonatal warming unit
neonatologist · bilirubin · jaundice · umbilical · fontanelle · meconium · resuscitation · NICU
Inward-turning process
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
bonding · rooming-in · eclampsia · hemorrhage · diastasis
gestation
Carrying offspring in womb
ultrasound · conception · amniotic · placenta · prenatal · antenatal · expecting · ectopic · implantation · quickening
delivery
Conveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- parturitionAct of giving birth
- effacementAct of erasing completely
dilation · induction · epidural · pitocin · transition · crowning · pushing · station · presentation · breech
midwife
Childbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- perinatologistDoctor for high-risk pregnancies
- OB-GYNWomen's reproductive medicine specialty
cesarean
Surgical childbirth method
- episiotomyPerineal incision during labor
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
- vacuumAbsence of matter
waterbirth · VBAC · perineal · laceration · afterbirth · skin-to-skin · vernix
newborn
Infant just delivered
isolette · neonatologist · bilirubin · jaundice · umbilical · fontanelle · meconium · resuscitation · NICU · phototherapy
involution
Inward-turning process
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
colostrum · bonding · rooming-in · eclampsia · hemorrhage · diastasis
doppler
Frequency change from motion
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- Biomedicineanatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- specialtiescardiology, dermatology, neurology, oncology, pediatrics
obstetricsgeriatrics
Medicine for the elderly
palliative care · thanatology · end-of-life care · gerontology · terminal care
- obstetric historyPast pregnancy documentation
- obstetric careMedical attention during pregnancy
- obstetric forcepsInstrument extracting babies
obstetrician, obstetric, obstetricians, obstetrical, obstetricists