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| anemia | A condition caused by lack of iron that results in poor appetite, tireness, and weakness. |
| obstetrician | A doctor who specialize in pregnancy and childbirth. |
| Rh factor | A characteristic of the blood indicating the presence or absence of a certain protein. |
| budget | A spending plan used to help people set financial goals and work toward them. |
| fixed expenses | A cost that cannot be changed, such as payment for housing taxes, insurance, and loans. |
| flexible expenses | , houseehold maintenance, clothing, recreation. |
| formula | A mixture of milk or milk substitute, water and nutrients that can be fed to a baby. |
| maternity leave | Time off from work that allows a woman to give birth, recover, and begin to care for a new baby. |
| pediatrician | A doctor who specializes in treating children. |
| alterative birth center | A facility separate fron any hospital that has homelike rooms for giving birth. |
| delivery | The birth of a baby. |
| labor | The process by which the baby gradually moves out of uterus into the vagina to be born. |
| lay midwife | A person with special training in the care of pregnant women and normal deliveries, but who does not have a nursing degree. |
| nurse-midwife | A registered nurse with advanced training in normal pregnancy and birth. |
| postpartum | The time after the baby is born. |
| prepared childbirth | A method of giving birth in which pain is reduced through the elimination of fear and the use of special conditioning exercises. |
