The placenta, often called afterbirth, is no afterthought she says, but a real tool for future health care. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The placenta is also called the afterbirth; however, birthing the placenta is an important part of the process of birth. From Wordnik.com. [The Official Lamaze® Guide] Reference
The placenta (sometimes called afterbirth) connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall and supplies the fetus with oxygen and food. From Wordnik.com. [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference
The "afterbirth" goes in the "garbage can" anyway and it is full of usable stem cells!. From Wordnik.com. [Are Progressives the New Moderates?] Reference
People can get infected through contact with infected materials such as afterbirth, aborted fetuses and milk. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 19] Reference
"afterbirth," and when it is retained instead of being expelled is apt to cause serious trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English] Reference
Clorox then being used to clean up the afterbirth. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2007] Reference
The placenta or afterbirth has yet to be delivered. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
LALAMA: And that ` s where the afterbirth was found. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 2, 2007] Reference
Ah, the joys of childbirth, episiotomies and afterbirth. From Wordnik.com. [late valentine] Reference
"Just a little more, Ayla, just enough for the afterbirth.". From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
For severe bleeding (more than 2 cups) after the afterbirth. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
Depression, the afterbirth of a night's sleep on Clonazepam. From Wordnik.com. [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference
DO NOT pull on cord, let the placenta (afterbirth) come naturally. From Wordnik.com. [Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11] Reference
Enough to slide her body back away from the mess of the afterbirth. From Wordnik.com. [harvest moon] Reference
This could mean the afterbirth (placenta) is coming off the wall of the womb. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Placenta or afterbirth: The lining inside the womb where the foetus is attached. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 24] Reference
If the afterbirth does not come out in the next 12 hours, get professional help. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
When the afterbirth comes out, pick it up and examine it to see if it is complete. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 26] Reference
It was still tied to its mother; she had died before she could pass the afterbirth. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
Cows with a retained afterbirth are likely to infect the udder by switching their tail. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
This will help the uterus to tighten, help the afterbirth come out, and reduce bleeding. From Wordnik.com. [Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11] Reference
The afterbirth, together with the umbilical cord, is nearly always buried under the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
Do not use ergonovine before the afterbirth comes out, as this may prevent it from coming out. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
· The third stage lasts from the birth of the baby until the placenta (afterbirth) comes out. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 26] Reference
· Oxytocin and ergometrine are sometimes misused to hurry the birth of the baby or the afterbirth. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 36] Reference
Tom remembered that there was always a rush of blood with the afterbirth, but he did not recall so much. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
These branching structures are loops of blood-vessels, and they form part of the placenta, or "afterbirth.". From Wordnik.com. [The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male] Reference
When the foetus is removed, and the afterbirth does not come away within twelve or eighteen hours, remove it. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
If the physician has not yet arrived, all dressings, the pad, the afterbirth, must all be saved for his inspection. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
Someone should stand by the mother and occasionally massage her abdomen gently for about an hour after the afterbirth is expelled. From Wordnik.com. [Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11] Reference
During the sloughing of the skin an inner layer comes to the surface, for the creature emerges just as the embryo from its afterbirth. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
This appears to have a very good effect on separating the afterbirth from the mushroom-like bodies of the womb to which it is attached. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
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