8.2 Flashcards
tertagoneic
causing birth defects
FASD
number of disorders related to alcohol consumption during pregnancy
what age is there a drop in quality of eggs
age 35
most common birth defect found in babies of older mothers
down syndrome
what hormone do blood and urine samples look for to indicate pregnancy
HCG
when does the embryo become a fetus
third month
what happens during the second trimester
placenta becomes well estabilished high demand on mothers body for nutrients
define placentas
network of blood vessel that carries nutrient to infant and wastes away connected to umbilical cord
third trimester
fetus gains most of its weight
85% if calcium and iron consumed goes to fetal bloodstream
amniocentesis
medical test which draw fluid from amniotic sac for testing
chorionic villus sampling
snipping tissue from fetal sac to check for hereditary disease and down sydnrome
the end of the first stage of labour is called
transition where the cervix is full dilated and baby head move to the birth canal/vagina
how long for mother milk to begin to flow
2 or more days
ectopic pregnancy
fertilized egg implanted outside of uterus
rh factor
if mom is rh-negative and baby rh-positive mothers body will begin to attack childs rbc
stillbirth
birth of dead baby
define infertility
difficult conceiving
pelvic inflammatory disease
infection that scars fallopian tubes and block sperm migration leading to infertility
endometriosis
uterine lining tissue establishes itself outside the uterus
polycystic ovary syndrome
hormonal disease
excessive production of androgens interfering with egg production
fertility drug
hormone that stimulates ovulation in women not ovulating
may cause multiple births due to it causing release of multiple eggs
in vitro vs gamete intrafllopian transfer
eggs is removed from mother and put on nutrient medium where it is fertilized with sperm
egg taken from ovary put in fallopian tube and placed with sperm in falopian tube
nonsurgical embryo transfer
donor eggs fertilized by man’s sperm and implanted in woman’s uterus
embryo transfer
donors inseminated with males sperm after some time embryo is transferred from donor to female partner
