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| stages | A level, degree, or period of time in the course of a process |
| trimester | period or term of three months |
| fatigue | Physical or mental weariness |
| womb | a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus |
| swelling | To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand |
| expecting | To look forward to the probable occurrence or appearance |
| ultra sound | An image, as of an unborn fetus or an internal body organ, produced by ultrasonography |
| epidural | An injection into the epidural space of the spine |
| amnionic | A thin, tough, membranous sac that encloses the embryo or fetus of a mammal, bird, or reptile. It is filled with a serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended |
| cesarian section | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus |
| miscarriage | The premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus from the uterus |
| gestitational diabetes | Any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive discharge of urine and persistent thirst, especially one of the two types of diabetes mellitus brought on by pregnancy |
| gestational | The period of development in the uterus from conception until birth; pregnancy |
| morning sickness | Nausea and vomiting upon rising in the morning, especially during early pregnancy |
| anemic | Lacking vitality; listless and weak |
| hormones | A substance, usually a peptide or steroid, produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity, such as growth or metabolism |
| dilate | To make wider or larger; cause to expand |
| vitamin d | A fat-soluble vitamin occurring in several forms, especially vitamin D2 or vitamin D3, required for normal growth of teeth and bones, and produced in general by ultraviolet irradiation of sterols found in milk, fish, and eggs. |
| fallopian tubes | A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. |
| zygote | The cell formed by the union of two gametes, especially a fertilized ovum before cleavage |
