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Pregnancy Related Terms

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  • Bags of Water

  • Another term for the membranes that surrounds the fetus.

  • Basal Body Temperature (BBT)

  • Your base body temperature - that is, before movement, caloric consumption or anything else is factored in.

  • Betamethasone

  • A common drug used to help develop the baby's lungs when it appears the woman will deliver prematurely. Given by injection into the mother's muscle.

  • Bilirubin

  • The waste product that results from the breakdown of hemoglobin molecules from worn out red blood cells. It is normally excreted from the body as the main component of bile. See Jaundice.

  • Birthing Ball

  • A large rubber ball, about 25 inches in circumference, used during labor. The woman can sit on the ball and rock or bounce lightly, or she can lie on top of the ball and rock.

  • Birthing Center

  • A medical facility used as an alternative to a homebirth or a hospital birth. Usually simulates the homebirth experience, but has medical resources.

  • Bloody Show

  • Blood-tinged mucous from the vagina. May mean you are losing the mucous plug that has sealed off the cervix up to this point.

  • Bradley Method

  • Also known as "Husband-coached Childbirth," instructors teach natural breathing, encourage husband support, breastfeeding, etc.

  • Braxton-Hicks Contractions

  • These "practice" contractions occur at various times during pregnancy, but can increase in intensity during your last month. They happen at random and are typically not painful. They do not dilate the cervix as "real" contractions do.

  • Breech Presentation

  • Where the fetus is positioned head up to be born buttocks first or with one or both feet first. Breech positioning is relatively uncommon, occurring in fewer than five percent of all births.

  • Brethine (Terbutaline)

  • Drug used in pregnancy to slow or stop labor because even though it is an asthma medication, it relaxes smooth muscles, and the uterus is a smooth muscle.


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