Vocab Flashcards
Nurture
To support and encourage growth and development
Values
Beliefs about what is right, worth while, or desirable
Parenting
Providing care, support, and love in a way that leads to a child’s total development
Potential
What a person is capable of becoming
Decision making process
A step by step system of evaluating information in order to reach a reasonable conclusion
Parenting readiness
Personal qualities and life circumstances that enable individuals to be successful parents
Physical maturity
Level of physical growth and development
Psychological maturity
Development of the mind and emotions
Amniocentesis
A technique that enables doctors to check for fetal abnormalities that might cause birth defects
Amniotic sac
Fluid filled sac that encloses the embryo and fetus
Anemia
Low blood count, or too few red blood cells
Certified nurse midwife
Person trained to care for women with low risk pregnancies and to deliver their babies
Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
First test for birth defects that may be preformed during pregnancy
Embryo
Ball of rapidly multiplying cells that develops during the second stage of prenatal development, which lasts from the end of the second week of pregnancy through the eighth week
Trimester
One of three stages of pregnancy, each with unique emotional and physical characteristics
Ultrasound
High frequency sound waves that are bounced off the developing fetus to produce a video image, or sonogram
Umbilical cord
Cord that attaches the embryo to the placenta
Zygote
New cell formed after sperm and ovum unite
Fetus
Name for the unborn child during the third and final stage of prenatal development
Obstetrician
Doctor who specializes in delivering babies
Placenta
Tissues that connects the umbilical cord of an embryo or fetus to the uterine wall
Rh factor
A condition in which a substance present in the blood can cause problems with pregnancy
Depression
Prolonged period of sadness marked by feelings of helplessness and an inability to enjoy life
Lochia
Normal discharge of blood, tissue, and mucus from vagina after birth
Postnatal
After childbirth
Postpartum blues
Moodiness, anxiety, depression, or anger sometimes felt by a woman after giving birth
Ambidextrous
Ability to use both hands equally well
Eye hand coordination
Coordinating vision with small motor skills
Flame retardant
Not easily set on fire and does not burn quickly
Growth spurts
A period of accelerate development, often when parts of the body grow at different rates
Large motor skills
Those skills involving the control and use of large muscles, especially those in the arms and legs
Manual dexterity
Skilled use of the hands
Orthodontist
A specialist in straightening and realigning teeth
Small motor skills
Abilities that rely on the control and use of small muscles, especially those in the fingers and hands
Sphincter muscle
Muscles in the bowel and bladder regions that control elimination
