Parenting

Parenting

Relating to the process of raising a child from infancy to adulthood.

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gestation

Health care; Childbirth

Gestation is the process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth.

birth canal

Health care; Childbirth

The birth canal is the channel formed by the cervix, vagina, and vulva through which the fetus passes during birth.

oxytocin

Health care; Childbirth

Oxytocin is an octapeptide hormone C43H66N12O12S2 secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates especially the contraction of uterine muscle and the ...

pain experience camp

Parenting; Childbirth

A labor pain experience lab set up by a maternity hospital in the Chinese city of Jinan to allow men to experience the sensations of childbirth. The camp uses pain simulators that ...