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Ready Steady Baby - Baby info Category: Health and Medicine > Baby health Date & country: 17/02/2017, UK Words: 45

Syntocinon
Drug given during the third stage of labour to assist with delivery of placenta.

Term
40 Weeks or thereabouts from the first day of the last menstrual period.

VE
Vaginal examination.

Ventouse
Vacuum extractions. Sometimes used to help the baby out.

VX
Stands for vertex. which means the crown or top of the baby's head.

Skin-to-skin
Skin-to-skin contact with your baby after birth

Primipara
Sometimes called the prim or primip - a woman giving birth for the first time.

Quickening
The first movements of the baby that you can feel.

Rhesus
The rhesus blood group system is a way of categorising your blood type.

Rooming in
Most maternity units now recommend that babies stay with their mums 24 hours a day. This helps with feeding and bonding. It also reduces the risk of infection.

Primigravida
A woman pregnant for the first time.

Placenta Praevia
When the placenta is low down. Sometimes it covers the cervix and blocks the baby's exit, which would mean you need a caesarean section.

Position
How the baby is lying, for example to the right or left of the pelvis.

Postnatal
After the birth.

Presentation
The part of the baby which is coming first

Preterm
Born before 37 weeks of pregnancy.

Perineum
The area of skin between your vagina and anus.

PIH
This is pregnancy-induced hypertension, which means that your blood pressure is high.

Occipito Anterior
When the back of your baby's head is toward your front. You may see LOA or ROA on your notes which means left

Occipito Posterior
As above but the baby's head is toward your back.

Oedema
Means swelling. Fluid retention can cause swelling in your ankles fingers and elsewhere. You may see it measured in your notes as + or ++.

Palpation
When the midwife of doctor feels the baby by moving their hands across your abdomen.

Hypertention
High blood pressure.

Hypotension
Low blood pressure.

LMP
Last menstrual period. This date is used to work our how many weeks pregnant you are.

Multigravida
A woman who has been pregnant before.

Multipara
Also called a multip - a woman who has given birth at least once before.

NAD
Nothing abnormal detected. The doctor or midwife may write this on your notes when they find no problems.

Haemoglobin
This gives an indication of iron levels in your blood. If it's too low it could mean you have anaemia and need more iron.

Fetal heart
You may see 'FH heard' or 'FHH' on your notes - that means your baby's heartbeat has been heard.

Fetus
Medical name for the baby before it's born.

FM
Fetal movement. It may say 'FM felt' or 'FMF' on your notes. That means your baby had been felt to move.

Fundus
This is the top of the uterus. The 'fundal' height helps assess the growth of the baby and how many weeks pregnant you are. It's the length in centimetres between the top of the uterus and the pubic bone.

EDD
Expected date of delivery - when your baby is due. Sometimes called EDC

ENG
Engaged. Means that the widest diameter of the baby's head has passed into the pelvis in preparation for giving birth.

Episiotomy
A cut made in the mother's perineum

Ectopic Pregnancy
A pregnancy that develops somewhere other than the uterus, usually in the fallopian tube, This pregnancy cannot be allowed to continue as it is dangerous.

Amniotic Fluid
Sometimes called liquor

Antenatal
Before the birth.

APH
Stands for antepartum hemorrhage and means bleeding before the birth.

Blood pressure
It's important to have your blood pressure measured as a rise could mean a problem.

BR
Breech presentation. A baby who is lying bottom or feet down in the uterus.

Ceph
Cephalic. Presentation of the baby with her head in the lower part of the uterus.

Albumin
This is a protein. If it's present in your urine, it may be a sign of pre-eclampsia or of an infection such as cystitis.

Alphafetoprotein
A substance present in the blood of pregnant women, You may need further tests if you levels appear higher or lower than normal.