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  1. Your baby in the birth canal 
    ... describe your baby's position and movement through the birth canal. FETAL STATION Fetal station refers to where ... the baby that leads the way through the birth canal. Most often, it is the baby's head, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002060.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma 
    Facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma is the loss of controllable (voluntary) muscle movement in an infant's face due to pressure on the facial nerve just ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001425.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Birth control pills 
    Birth control pills (BCPs) contain man-made forms of 2 hormones called estrogen and progestin. These hormones ... months after a woman stops using most hormonal birth control methods.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007460.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. What to include in your birth plan 
    Birth plans are guides that parents-to-be make to help their health care providers best support ... of things to consider before you make a birth plan. This is a great time to learn ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000567.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Changes in the newborn at birth 
    Changes in the newborn at birth refer to the changes an infant's body undergoes to adapt to life outside the womb. ... amount of these chemicals in their body. At birth, the baby's lungs are filled with fluid. They ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002395.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. C-section 
    ... head is too large to pass through the birth canal Labor that takes too long or stops ... all or part of the opening to the birth canal ( placenta previa ) Placenta separates from the uterine ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002911.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Folic acid and birth defect prevention 
    ... during pregnancy can reduce the risk for certain birth defects. These include spina bifida, anencephaly , and some ... This is because many pregnancies are unplanned. Also, birth defects often occur in the early days before ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002092.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Gastroschisis 
    Gastroschisis is a birth defect in which an infant's intestines are outside of the body because of a hole in the abdominal wall. ... to an omphalocele . An omphalocele, however, is a birth defect in which the infant's intestine or other ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000992.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Omphalocele 
    An omphalocele is a birth defect in which an infant's intestine or other abdominal organs are outside of the body because of a hole in ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000994.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Pregnancy and herpes 
    ... during pregnancy, during labor or delivery, or after birth. ... the uterus (this is unusual) Passing through the birth canal (birth-acquired herpes, the most common method ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001368.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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