prenatal
During the pregnancy
Prenatal means before birth, relating to the period of pregnancy: prenatal care, prenatal vitamins, prenatal screening.
The term appears in medical and everyday contexts to describe anything concerning a developing fetus or expectant mother.
The opposite is postnatal.
Organism before birth
- fetusGestating offspring
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
blastocyst · morphogenesis · organogenesis · differentiation · implantation · viability · gestational · fertilization
Fetal nourishment organ
- amnioticOf the embryo's sac
- umbilicalOf the cord connecting fetus
- uterusFemale reproductive organ
- cervixUterine opening to vagina
endometrium · chorion · amnion · cord · membranes · fluid · womb · lining
Routine health evaluation
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
- ironElement twenty-six
calcium · nutrition · midwife · obstetrician · monitoring · glucose · thyroid · immunization
embryo
Organism before birth
- fetusGestating offspring
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- conceptionFormation of an idea
zygote · blastocyst · morphogenesis · organogenesis · differentiation · implantation · viability · gestational · fertilization · quickening
placenta
Fetal nourishment organ
cervix · endometrium · chorion · amnion · cord · membranes · fluid · womb · lining
checkup
Routine health evaluation
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
iron · calcium · nutrition · midwife · obstetrician · monitoring · glucose · thyroid · immunization · amniocentesis
supplements
Extra nutritional intake
exercise · wellness · lifestyle · nausea · fatigue · cravings · edema · preeclampsia · high-risk · complications
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, infancy, milestones
- desarrollo humano
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, due date, weeks, first trimester
- age stagesinfant, toddler, child, teen, teenage
prenatalpostnatal
After childbirth
postpartum · neonatal · postbirth · infant · extrauterine
- prenatal ultrasoundImaging of developing fetus
- prenatal visitsHealthcare during pregnancy
- prenatal careMedical oversight for expectant mothers
- prenatal classesCourses preparing expectant parents
- prenatal vitaminsNutrients for expectant mothers
- prenatal healthWellbeing during pregnancy