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  2. Obstetric ultrasonography - Wikipedia

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    3-032, 3-05d. [ edit on Wikidata] Obstetric ultrasonography, or prenatal ultrasound, is the use of medical ultrasonography in pregnancy, in which sound waves are used to create real-time visual images of the developing embryo or fetus in the uterus (womb). The procedure is a standard part of prenatal care in many countries, as it can provide a ...

  3. Monoamniotic twins - Wikipedia

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    Monoamniotic twins are always monochorionic and are usually termed Monoamniotic-Monochorionic ("MoMo" or "Mono Mono") twins. [1][2] They share the placenta, but have two separate umbilical cords. Monoamniotic twins develop when an embryo does not split until after formation of the amniotic sac, [1] at about 9–13 days after fertilization. [3]

  4. Multiple birth - Wikipedia

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    Triplet brothers at graduation. A multiple birth is the culmination of one multiple pregnancy, wherein the mother gives birth to two or more babies. A term most applicable to vertebrate species, multiple births occur in most kinds of mammals, with varying frequencies. Such births are often named according to the number of offspring, as in twins ...

  5. Selective reduction - Wikipedia

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    Selective reduction is used when a mother is carrying an unsafe or undesirable number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, which are common in medically assisted pregnancies. The result is a reduction in the number of fetuses to a number that is more safe for the mother and the remaining fetuses or more compatible with socio-economic constraints ...

  6. Here's what pregnancy actually looks like before 10 weeks ...

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    Photos of what pregnancy tissue from early abortions at 5 to 9 weeks looks like have gone viral. ... weeks 5 to 9 is the early time period in a pregnancy. At 5 weeks, the embryo is a mass of cells ...

  7. Lithopedion - Wikipedia

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    Surgeons retrieved a calcified 32 weeks fetus from the abdominal cavity; the ovaries and uterus were intact and the patient had her period regularly. [29] Unknown (32) Santa Clara, Waspam, Nicaragua 2010 2011 (35 weeks) Patient in her third pregnancy. Was hospitalized because she did not feel fetal movement anymore. [30] Antamma (70)

  8. Breech birth - Wikipedia

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    Obstetrics, midwifery. A breech birth is when a baby is born bottom first instead of head first, as is normal. [1] Around 3–5% of pregnant women at term (37–40 weeks pregnant) have a breech baby. [2] Due to their higher than average rate of possible complications for the baby, breech births are generally considered higher risk. [3]

  9. Monochorionic twins - Wikipedia

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    Monochorionic twins are monozygotic (identical) twins that share the same placenta. If the placenta is shared by more than two twins (see multiple birth), these are monochorionic multiples. Monochorionic twins occur in 0.3% of all pregnancies. [1] Seventy-five percent of monozygotic twin pregnancies are monochorionic; the remaining 25% are ...