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Glossary of pregnancy and birth

              

  Abruptio Placentae
  Acceleration of labour
  Afterpains
  Alpha Feto Protein (AFP)
  Amniotic fluid
  Anal fissure
  Apgar
  Artificial rupture of membranes (ARM)
  Assisted delivery

  Baby blues
  BP or bp
  Braxton Hicks contractions
  Breech presentation
  Brow/face presentation
  Cephalic Presentation
  Cephalopelvic disproportion
  Cervix
  Choironic villus sampling (CVS)
  Colostrum
  Contractions
  Crowning
  Deep transverse arrest
  Dilation
  Domino
  Doppler

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