- Industry: Health care
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Drugs that make a person unconscious and unable to feel pain. General anesthesia is sometimes used for emergency cesarean sections.
Industry:Parenting
During labor when the baby's head has reached the external vaginal opening and can be seen from the outside.
Industry:Parenting
Eclampsia occurs when untreated preeclampsia (characterized by high blood pressure and protein in the urine) progresses to involve the central nervous system, leading to seizures, coma, or death. It is a serious but rare condition that can develop late in pregnancy, during labor, or in the early postpartum stage. The only cure for eclampsia is delivery of the baby.
Industry:Parenting
Elastic bands worn on both wrists that put pressure on acupressure points on the inner wrists and often relieve nausea. May be used to treat morning sickness.
Industry:Parenting
Elevated body temperature in a pregnant woman during labor and/or delivery.
Industry:Parenting
Elevated levels of the thyroid hormone. If left untreated, hyperthyroidism can cause problems during pregnancy.
Industry:Parenting
Engagement, also called lightening or dropping, is when the baby descends into the pelvic cavity in preparation for birth. In first-time mothers, this usually happens two to four weeks before delivery.
Industry:Parenting
Essential fatty acids such as DHA. DHA is a major component of the brain and retina and is essential for proper brain growth and eye development in a fetus and young baby. Eating a diet rich in DHA during pregnancy and while nursing is extremely important.
Industry:Parenting
Excruciating pain in the back during labor. It occurs when the fetus is in a posterior presentation, with the back of its head pressing again the mother's spine.
Industry:Parenting
