An organ filled with blood vessels that nourishes the baby in the uterus

The organ in which the baby develops and is protected until birth

Term used to describe a baby in the fetal stage of development

The development that takes place between conception and birth

The cord that connects the baby to the placenta

Term used to describe a baby in the embryonic stage of development

B VitaminPrevents neural tube defects

The female sex cell, also called the egg

A prenatal test in which sound waves bounce off the fetus to produce an image of the fetus inside the womb

A prenatal test in which a needle is inserted through the woman’s abdomen into the amniotic sac and a sample of the fluid is removed for cell study

A fluid filled sac that surrounds the baby in the uterus

Medical term for the baby from birth to one month of age

Congenital problem caused by chromosome abnormality. More likely to occur when the mother is over 35 years old