Look up: Pre-birth

1. Pregnancy & Birth
   (magazine) `Pregnancy & Birth` is a British magazine aimed at pregnant women. It gives out information about pregnancy, products for pregnant women and it shares other women`s stories of childbirth experiences. External links:
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2. Premature birth
   Premature birth: A birth that takes place before 37 weeks of gestation have passed. Historically, the definition of prematurity was 2500 grams (about 5 1/2 pounds) or less at birth. The current World Health Organization definition of prematurity is a baby born before 37 weeks of gestation, counting ...
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3. premature birth and postmature birth
   in humans, respectively, any birth that occurs significantly before or after the expected date of delivery.[5 related articles]
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4. premature birth
   Type: Term Definitions: 1. birth of an infant who has achieved a gestation of at least 20 weeks or birth weight of at least 500 g, but before 37 weeks' gestation.
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5. Prepared childbirth
   a technique in which a pregnant woman tries to minimise use of pain-relief medications during childbirth by learning relaxation techniques
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6. prepared childbirth
   an educational approach to labor and delivery in which the parents are specially prepared for the event. The aim is for the mother to be awake and cooperative and for the father to assume an active and supportive role during the birth of their child. Methods of instruction vary, but all proponents advocate a family-center...
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7. Preterm Birth
   A birth that takes place after at least 20, but less than 37, completed weeks of gestation. This includes both live births and stillbirths.
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8. Preterm birth
   , | ICD9 = , | ICDO = | Image = Premature infant with ventilator.jpg | Caption = Intubated preterm baby in an partus praematurus-->) refers to the birth of a baby of less than 37 weeks gestational age. The cause for preterm birth is in many situations elusive and unknown; many factors appea...
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