parturient
Ready to birth
Parturient describes a woman or female animal in the process of giving birth or about to give birth.
The word is clinical and formal, appearing mainly in medical and veterinary contexts: parturient fever, parturient care.
By extension, parturient can describe something on the verge of bringing forth an idea or creation: a parturient imagination.
Pregnant woman
- expectantAwaiting something foreseen
- gravidPregnant, especially biologically
- near-termHappening very soon
- overduePast expected arrival
lying-in · confinement · quickening · nesting · maternal · motherhood
Shortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- pushingApplying force to move
crowning · epidural · cesarean · induction · oxytocin · water breaking · birthing ball · episiotomy
Childbirth physician
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- obstetricsChildbirth medicine branch
- fetal monitoringTracking unborn baby's condition
ultrasound · prenatal · antenatal · perinatal · gestational · fetal · neonatal · amniocentesis
Pregnancy hypertension with proteinuria
- eclampsiaPregnancy-induced seizure disorder
- breechRear of barrel
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- fetal distressCompromised unborn infant
Expelled fetal membranes
- placentaFetal nourishment organ
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
bonding · recovery · involution · engorgement · letdown · rooming-in · skin-to-skin · vernix
mother-to-be
Pregnant woman
- expectantAwaiting something foreseen
- gravidPregnant, especially biologically
- near-termHappening very soon
overdue · lying-in · confinement · quickening · nesting · maternal · motherhood
contractions
Shortened word forms
- dilationWidening of an opening
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- deliveryConveyance of goods
pushing · crowning · epidural · cesarean · induction · oxytocin · water breaking · birthing ball · episiotomy · birth canal
obstetrician
Childbirth physician
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- obstetricsChildbirth medicine branch
fetal monitoring · ultrasound · prenatal · antenatal · perinatal · gestational · fetal · neonatal · amniocentesis · doppler
pre-eclampsia
Pregnancy hypertension with proteinuria
- eclampsiaPregnancy-induced seizure disorder
- breechRear of barrel
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
afterbirth
Expelled fetal membranes
breastfeeding · bonding · recovery · involution · engorgement · letdown · rooming-in · skin-to-skin · vernix · meconium
parent, repertoire, parturition, postpartum, multiparous, antepartum, prepartum