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Preconception Nutrition
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Health Care
Undergraduate 4
01/31/2010

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Liveborn Infant
Definition
The word health organization developed a standard definition of liveborn to be used by all countries when assessing an infant's status at birth. By this definition, a liveborn infant is the outcome of delivery when a completely expelled or extracted fetus breathes,or shows any sign of life such as beating of the heart,pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles,whether or not the cord has been cut or the placenta is still attached.
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Placenta
Definition
The disk-shaped organ of nutrient and gas interchange between mother and fetus. At term,the placenta weighs about 15% of the weight of the fetus.
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Edema
Definition
Swelling due to an accumulation of extracellular fluid.
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Steriod Hormones
Definition
Hormones such as progesterone ,estrogen,and testerone produced primary from cholestrol.
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Shoulder Dystocia
Definition
Blockage ir difficiulty of delievery due to an obstruction of the birth canal by the infant's shoulders.
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Gravida
Definition
The # of preganties that a women has experienced
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Parity
Definition
The # of the delievaries experienced by the a woman.
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