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What is Dilation
The widening of the section above the vaginal area
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What is Month One
The embryo begins to develop in the amniotic sac under the lining of the uterus
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What is a Premature Child
A baby born before term. These type of children are more likely to have health problems
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What is Head First
The position your child should be in when being born
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What are Fraternal Twins
Around two and three sets of twins are this
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What is a Placenta
Produces several hormones that help maintain pregnancy
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What is Month Two
The baby’s facial features begin to develop, tiny buds that will soon become arms and legs sprout the nervous system is almost fully complete
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What is a Miscarriage
When your child dies before the 20th week of pregnancy
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What is Birth
The emergence of a baby or other young from its mother
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What is the Formation of Fraternal Twins
Two separate eggs are fertilized by two separate sperm
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What is a Blastula
An animal embryo at the early stage of development when it is a hollow ball of cells
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What is Month Five
You May feel your baby move because she’s developed functional muscles and will begin to exercise them
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What are Conjoined Twins
Twins born attached or connected to each other
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What is Moving Farther Down the Cervix
The action a baby takes in anticipation of its birth
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What are Identical Twins
Around one in three sets of twins are this
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What is What is a Germ Layer
A group of cells in an embryo that interact with each other as the embryo develops and contributes to the formation of all organs and tissues
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What is Month Eight
Your child's Brain begins to develop more rapidly than before and can see and hear perfectly now (if no complications arise)
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What is Infertility
The inability to produce offspring
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What is a Cervix
The narrowing passage forming the end of the uterus
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What are Conjoined Twins
Twins usually sharing a small amount of tissue
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What is Gastrulation
When the cells begin to move into the interior of the embryo. The embryo develops three germ layers (the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm) that differentiate into distinct tissue.
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What is Month Nine
The baby’s lungs are nearly complete and his reflexes are now coordinated (he/she can blink, turn his head, develops a grip, etc.)
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What is an Ectopic Pregnancy
When a fertilized egg doesn’t attach to the inner lining of the uterus and instead attaches itself to the inner lining of the Fallopian Tube
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What is Water Breaking
The breakage of the Amniotic Fluid Sac
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What are One-Celled Twins
Monozygotic Twins
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