nuchal scan

An ultrasound performed on a pregnant woman to help determine the chances that the foetus may develop chromosomal conditions such as Down syndrome.


polymenorrhagia

After 3 years of embolisation, the patient started having chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhoea and polymenorrhagia along with inability to conceive.

2013 July 4, Nilanchali Singh et al., “Xanthomatous oophoritis following uterine artery embolisation: successful conservative surgical management with favourable outcome”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:

(pathology) A shortening of the menstrual cycle (more frequent periods)


abortion tourism

Travel for the purpose of obtaining an abortion where it is legal.


secundigravid

As per the study protocol, all women were secundigravid having previously delivered an infant weighing greater than 4000g.

2015 September 15, “The Effects of Fetal Gender on Maternal and Fetal Insulin Resistance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


monthly friend

Experiencing the visit of my monthly friend at work, I trudged out into the kiln today, across the car park to the little shop in search of some tampons.

2011, Becky Wicks, Burqalicious: The Dubai Diaries: A True Story of Sun, Sand, Sex and Secrecy, Skyhorse Publishing, published 2012, →ISBN, page 26:

"Office sex; I've never done it, but Kat tells me it's amazing. We'll have to try it once my monthly friend leaves."

2014, Kelly Collins, Brownie Points, IndieWrites, Inc., →ISBN:

“That's what you're trying to do. You're trying to get pregnant!”
“I'm not! If it happens, I'll be glad. If not...”
“You're disappointed every time your monthly friend comes to visit. Will anyone else be glad if you got pregnant?”

2014, Holly Kerr, Coming Home, Etopia Press, →ISBN:

(euphemistic slang) The menstrual period.


monthly visitor

en-noun

monthly visitor (plural monthly visitors)

'The first thing was,' she lowered her voice, 'my, you know – monthly visitor – didn't appear. I didn't think much about it because I've never kept track of that very well. […]

2005, Annie Murray, Miss Purdy's Class, Pan Books, published 2010, →ISBN:

I bought a home pregnancy test yesterday and I'm praying that stress is the cause for the lack of my monthly visitor as I watch the stick that I just peed on.

2006, Tawanna Johnson, US Girls, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 178:

Once my “monthly visitor” arrived, the sports I'd always played were out of the question. My symptoms were so severe and I couldn't risk being on a team that depended on me.

2014, Jennifer Esposito, Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease – What Doctors Don't Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again, Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 27:


plead the belly

en-verb

plead the belly (third-person singular simple present pleads the belly, present participle pleading the belly, simple past and past participle pleaded the belly)

pleads the belly (present singular third-person)
pleading the belly (participle present)
pleaded the belly (participle past)
pleaded the belly (past)

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She isn't hanged, while in jail, because she pleads the belly.

1994, Leslie Scalapino, Defoe, Sun and Moon Press, →ISBN:

Over 25 per cent of the 463 women who were sentenced to death at the Old Bailey pleaded the belly between 1674 and 1699, and 38 per cent from 1700 to 1724, though a much smaller proportion did so later.

2009, Shani D'Cruze, Louise A. Jackson, Women, Crime and Justice in England since 1660, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN:

I was telling them only the other day about pregnant women avoiding the Drop in the eighteenth century by pleading the belly.

2013, M.J. Trow, Maxwell's Chain, Allison & Busby, →ISBN:

(historical) To attempt to use one's claimed pregnancy to avoid execution.


minisuction

en-noun

minisuction (usually uncountable, plural minisuctions)

A form of abortion in which the fetus or embryo, placenta, and membranes are removed by suction using a manual syringe.


miniabortion

miniabortion (usually uncountable, plural miniabortions)


coffin birth

(medicine, obstetrics) Postmortem fetal extrusion: the expulsion of a nonviable fetus through the vaginal opening of a deceased pregnant woman as a result of gaseous pressure through decomposition.


labour pain

(obstetrics, gynaecology, British spelling, often plural) The pain suffered by a woman in labour during childbirth.


sanitary pad

(Australia) Standard form of sanitary napkin.


LMP

Because of postconception bleeding or menstrual irregularities, the presumed date of LMP may be in error.

1995, National Center for Health Statistics, “Technical Appendix”, in Vital Statistics of the United States, 1992, volume 1, Washington, DC, published 1996, →ISBN, DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 96-1100, page 9:

menstrual period
menstrual period#English

(obstetrics) Initialism of last menstrual period; used in determining the start of a pregnancy.


safe day

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A day that is believed to be safe for having unprotected sex without resulting in pregnancy, based on the woman's menstrual cycle.


psychoprophylaxis

The growing emphasis on the emotional aspects of the physical bearing of children has greatly changed the practice of obstetrics across the world — from psychoprophylaxis in Russia to natural childbirth in America.

1957, Briefs - Maternity Center Association, volumes 21-25, page 6:

Psychoprophylaxis, the preparation of the mind to deal with pain naturally, has and is still being used for pain relief during labor and delivery.

2001, Sanjay Datta, Childbirth and Pain Relief: An Anesthesiologist Explains Your Options:

Psychoprophylaxis enjoyed a meteoric rise in the USSR and beyond, Vel'vovskii developed the method in 1948-1948, and it became national policy in the USSR in early 1951, when the Ministry of Public Health launched a campaign for its promotion. Psychoprophylaxis received the state's enthusiastic support because it required relatively little financial investment, had the added appeal of being legitimated on the basis of work by Russia's famous scientist, and supported the regime's pro-natalist agenda.

2012, Esther Cohen, Knowledge and Pain, page 235:

A method of preparing women for natural childbirth by means of special breathing, relaxation techniques and psychological conditioning, practiced without anaesthetics.


Sims test

From Marion Sims, American physician and surgeon.

(gynaecology) A laboratory test in the evaluation of infertility. The test examines the cervical mucus in the postcoital period.


postcoital test

postcoital test (plural postcoital tests)


ride the cotton pony

en-verb

ride the cotton pony (third-person singular simple present rides the cotton pony, present participle riding the cotton pony, simple past rode the cotton pony, past participle ridden the cotton pony)

rides the cotton pony (present singular third-person)
riding the cotton pony (participle present)
rode the cotton pony (past)
ridden the cotton pony (participle past)

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rabbit test

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An early pregnancy test involving the injection of the tested woman's urine into a female rabbit, then examining the rabbit's ovaries a few days later for changes in response to a hormone.


NVP

(medicine) Initialism of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: morning sickness.


endoamnioscopy

(obstetrics) An experimental imaging technique which allows direct visualisation of the developing fetus.


consistent life ethic

capital punishment
capital punishment#English

A cultural, political, and religious right to life belief opposed to abortion, capital punishment, economic injustice, euthanasia or assisted suicide, and war.


oligoamenorrhea

(medicine) The condition of having irregular infrequent menstrual periods.


Friedman test

Developed in 1931 by Maurice Harold Friedman and Maxwell Edward Lapham at the University of Penn.


pelvic inflammatory disease

(pathology) The infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system (uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries) and inside of the pelvis.


watch-birth

This Pattern pleas'd thee ſo, th' haſt fram'd by it,
Th' eternall Watch-births of thy ſacred Wit:
Thy pithy Book of Proverbs richly-grave,
Unto the PORCH may rich relation have:
For that it gives us Oeconomike Lawes,
Rules Politike, and Private civill Sawes;
And for (the moſt) thoſe Leſſons generall
At Humane matters ayme the moſt of all.

1641 [1578–84], “The Magnificence”, in Sylvester, Joshua, transl., Du Bartas His Diuine Weekes and Workes, translation of Semaines by Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste, page 215:


control of conception

Perhaps popularised in 1931 by the book Control of Conception: An Illustrated Manual.


pregnant woman

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headswoman

No candid person will wholly dismiss the proposition that the idea of having a Lord Chancellor but not a Lady Chancellor may at least be connected with the idea of having a headsman but not a headswoman, a hangman but not a hangwoman.

1910, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World, chapter 3 part 9:

A female headsman; a female executioner that carries out executions by decapitation.


Bonney's blue

Named after British gynaecological surgeon Victor Bonney (1872–1953).

(gynaecology) An antiseptic solution used to sterilise and stain the vagina, cervix and surrounding skin during gynaecological procedures, and therefore reducing postoperative infection.


head

old enough to bleed, old enough to breed

(derogatory, vulgar) Any girl who has started menstruating is old enough to have sex or start having children.


traditional birth attendant

en-noun

traditional birth attendant (plural traditional birth attendants)

(medicine) A person who provides basic maternity care primarily from experience as well as the traditions and practices of a community.


on the blob

Apparently a reference to the blobbing (i.e. dripping) of menstrual blood, likely following the model of on the rag.

I have no problems fucking wimin on the blob. But some of them do

1993 April 19, Sean McAfee, “The Great a.t. IRC Party, part III”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet), message-ID <1993Apr19.224852.14466@mtu.edu>:

Sweet's heroines are – well, unskinny; they eat lard, drink, smoke, ponce off the state, have huge dumps and go on the blob at inconvenient times.

1997 July 3, Nicholas Lezard, “Paperbacks”, in The Guardian, page A14:

Katie Can you stop staring at my tits please? […]
Jay She must be on the blob.

2012, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, The Inbetweeners: The Complete Scripts with Added Extras, Random House, page 285:

Personally CW can think of no tampon in the world it would trust while wearing a white dress, on the blob, at a glamorous media event.

2015 February 13, Caitlin Moran, “Celebrity Watch”, in The Times:

(British, slang, vulgar) Menstruating; on one's period.


child-great

en-adj

child-great (comparative more child-great, superlative most child-great)

more child-great (comparative)
most child-great (superlative)

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Swines-bread, so used, doth not onely speed / A tardy labour; but (without great heed) / If over it a Child-great Woman stride, / Instant abortion often doth betide.

1605 [1578], Josuah, transl. Sylvester, “The Third Day of the First Week”, in Devine Weekes and Workes, translation of La Premiere Sepmaine by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, lines 693–696:


salt out

en-verb

salt out (third-person singular simple present salts out, present participle salting out, simple past and past participle salted out)

salts out (present singular third-person)
salting out (participle present)
salted out (participle past)
salted out (past)

If the pregnancy is too advanced for the D & C or salting out procedures, a hysterotomy abortion may be performed.

1984, John Jefferson Davis, Abortion and the Christian: what every believer should know, page 29:

[…] by instillation of hypertonic saline or hyperosmolar urea into the amniotic sac to “salt out” the fetus.

2018, John V. Knaus, Marko J. Jachtorowycz, Allan A. Adajar, Ambulatory Gynecology, page 279:

(medicine, transitive) To abort (a fetus) by injecting saline solution into the uterus.


CPD

en-noun

CPD (countable and uncountable, plural CPDs)

cephalopelvic disproportion
cephalopelvic disproportion#English

(obstetrics) Initialism of cephalopelvic disproportion.


violinist argument

The argument was first used in the essay “A Defense of Abortion” by Judith Jarvis Thomson, first published in the Philosophy & Public Affairs journal in 1971.

(philosophy) An argument in favour of a right to abortion that appeals to a thought experiment in which a person with a rare blood type is kidnapped and plugged into a famous unconscious violinist with a fatal kidney ailment; if the violinist is unplugged, he will die, but if he stays plugged into the kidnappee for nine months, he will recover from his ailment. The argument assumes that in this hypothetical scenario, the kidnappee has the right to unplug themselves from the violinist at any time even if this will cause his death, because the violinist does not have a right to the kidnappee’s body.

A Defense of Abortion
A Defense of Abortion#The violinist
Judith Jarvis Thomson
Philosophy & Public Affairs


PIH

(obstetrics) Initialism of pregnancy-induced hypertension.


teleabortion

teleabortion (countable and uncountable, plural teleabortions)

Teleabortions, where a woman has a phone consultation with a doctor and is then sent the medications required, are available everywhere but South Australia. In WA, a teleabortion requires a referral from a doctor.

2019 August 1, Caroline Zielinski, “What are the laws on abortion in Australia?”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

(medicine) The practice of using teleconsultation to assist a patient in aborting a pregnancy.


abortion clinic

abortion clinic (plural abortion clinics)


obstetrician-gynecologist

The town had only one obstetrician-gynecologist.

(countable, medicine) A physician who is both an obstetrician and a gynecologist.

szülész-nőgyógyász

a physician who is both an obstetrician and a gynecologist


freebleeder

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(slang) One who abstains from the use of tampons or other menstrual hygiene products during a period.


NIPT

(obstetrics) Initialism of noninvasive prenatal testing.


caesarotomy

caesarotomy (countable and uncountable, plural caesarotomies)

Caesarean section
Caesarean section#English


abortion tourist

abortion tourist (plural abortion tourists)

Someone who travels for the purpose of obtaining an abortion where it is legal.


abortion tour

"ABORTION TOURS" TO JAPAN are increasing. Despite more liberal attitudes and legislation in some parts of the United States, discretion still compels thousands of women annually to fly to Japan for the operations.

Abortion tours have already begun, most often to the former Soviet republics. The social and political atmosphere created by Catholic and neoliberal fundamentalists is encouraging discrimination, posing serious threats to freedom of ...

2018, Tanya Renne, Ana's Land: Sisterhood In Eastern Europe, Routledge, →ISBN, page 32:

(rare) An instance of abortion tourism; a trip made for the purpose of obtaining an abortion where it is legal.


heartbeat bill

(US, law) A form of abortion restriction legislation which makes abortion illegal as soon as the fetal heartbeat can be detected.


Auntie Flo

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uterine inertia

(medicine, obstetrics) Weak or irregular uterine contractions during labor.


salpingoplasty

(surgery) The surgical repair of the Fallopian tubes, especially the process of opening blocked Fallopian tubes.


birthing father

birthing father (plural birthing fathers)

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Riggs – who has served as an expert witness in a Queensland court case for a birthing father wanting to be recognised as such […] argues if someone is legally registered as a man, he should be able to claim the title “father”.

2020 October 9, “'Call me dad': Pregnant man takes birth drama to court”, in The Courier Mail:

For instance, compared with a cisgender nonbreastfeeding mother, breast cancer risk may be increased for a birthing father who feeds his infant artificial milk (due to the residual breast tissue and the lack of desire or ability to lactate), or decreased if he is able to partially lactate with the remaining mammary tissue.

2021, Melissa Bartick et al., "Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Position Statement and Guideline: Infant Feeding and Lactation-Related Language and Gender", Breastfeeding Medicine, Volume 16, Number 8 (link)

Mothers and birthing fathers usually have their postpartum checkup about six weeks after giving birth, Randall said, leaving them days or a few weeks to get care before their insurance lapses.

2021, Levi Pulkkinen, "2 Million Washingtonians Rely On A Medicaid System That’s Driving Away Doctors And Dropping New Mothers", InvestigateWest, 12 February 2021 (link)

(neologism) A trans man who has given birth to a child.


gestational father

gestational father (plural gestational fathers)

He [Cary Gabriel Costello] is the gestational father of a teenaged child, and is married to an intersex woman who was assigned male at birth—musician and technophile Aubrey Schaefer.

2016, “List of Contributors”, in Stefan Horlacher, editor, Transgender and Intersex: Theoretical, Practical, and Artistic Perspectives, page xi:

Most of the gestational fathers I talked to had already rejected gender norms, and it was this rejection that led them to imagine becoming gestational fathers in the first place.

2019, Laura V. Heston, "Queering Kinship: LGBTQ Parents And The Creation Of Real Utopias", dissertation submitted to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, page 180

He [Freddy McConnell] has publicized himself as a gestational father, for instance in a documentary film “Seahorse” (an upright-swimming fish, the male of which has a brood pouch for gestating its young).

2020 October, Bernard M. Dickens, “Transsexuality: Legal and ethical challenges”, in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, volume 151, number 1, page 165:


lightning crotch

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Wondering if and when lightning crotch might strike was not at all helpful. Mamas-to-be, don't read that stuff.

2019 October 8, Samantha Seneviratne, The Joys of Baking: Recipes and Stories for a Sweet Life, Running Press Adult, →ISBN:

YOU HAVE "LIGHTNING CROTCH"! In the last days of pregnancy, particularly as your baby's head lowers into your pelvis, you may find yourself experiencing a new and specific crotch ache, especially after periods of standing, walking,[…]

2020 February 4, Beth Newell, Jacqueline Ann May, There's No Manual: Honest and Gory Wisdom About Having a Baby, Penguin, →ISBN, page 59:

Lightning crotch is a sharp or shooting pain that you may feel in your vagina, rectum, or pelvis. The sudden pain is normal and may indicate that you are getting close to delivery (though it may occur at any time leading up to labor).

2020 December 15, Amanda Shapin Michelson, Pregnancy Hacks: 350+ Easy Hacks for a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy!, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 112:

Pelvic pain during pregnancy is called lightning crotch because it feels like your pelvis has been struck by lightning. As much as I love heeled shoes, I hate lightning crotch more, and it was worth taking a break from my favorite [heels].

2021 September 21, Amy Hammer, How to Grow a Baby: A Science-Based Guide to Nurturing New Life, from Pregnancy to Childbirth and Beyond, Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, page 31:

The condition, late in pregnancy, of having intense pain shoot through one's pelvic region, especially due to the baby's head lowering and bumping into one's pelvis.


angel maker

(historical, euphemistic) An illicit abortionist.


maternity hospital

maternity hospital (plural maternity hospitals)

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A hospital that provides assistance during childbirth.

geboortekliniek

a hospital that provides assistance during childbirth


menstrual pad

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A pad of absorbent material (such as cotton) used to absorb menstrual flow.


fetucide

First of all, many who hold that combination of views (that is, regarding the death penalty: abolitionist; regarding abortion: libertarian) do so because they don't think fetucide is homicide, so that it is perfectly consistent to hold both views. (Think of someone who is opposed to murder but doesn't mind killing innocent turkeys, or even killing innocent great apes).

1994 May 9, Jamie, “Dilemna...”, in bit.listserv.politics (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-22:

Fetuses are a little harder to read. There are generally two camps with regard to fetucide.

2000 January 10, Jigme...@mindful.com, “death penalty/ abortion...”, in talk.religion.buddhism (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-22:

I concur that homosexuality is contrasurvival in that members who don't reproduce go extinct. I concur that fetucide is still a crime, while "abortion" has been concocted as a means to deal with "supercargo" under admiralty/maritime jurisdiction of the State.

2004 November 22, jetgraphics, “In God We Trust”, in alt.christian.religion (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-22:

Absolutist anti-capitalism and negative/zero population. Treating of humans as lower than animals as a kind of "reparations" to the world. The attempt to use bloody means like fetucide and even seek what some might think is a mere slippery slope, but is actually promoted in our colleges and that is the wonderful practices of infanticide by the Spartans and some Amerindian cultures. Promotion of euthanasia and eugenecis while giving lip service. Seeking to control anti-eugenecist movements like ours.

2006 July 13, lordalfredhenry, “How to be a Nazi parent.”, in alt.support.autism (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-22:


LARC

Long-acting reversible contraception
w:Long-acting reversible contraception

Acronym of Long-acting reversible contraception.


vanishing twin syndrome

vanishing twin syndrome (plural vanishing twin syndromes)

(obstetrics, pathology) A condition where one set of twins or multiple embryos dies in utero, disappears, or is resorbed partially or entirely.


heteropagus

cardiovascular system
cardiovascular system

(pathology, obstetrics) A condition where asymmetric conjoined twins, in which the tissues of a severely defective twin (the parasite), are dependent on the cardiovascular system of the other, intact twin (the autosite) for survival.


fertility clinic

fertility clinic (plural fertility clinics)

(obstetrics) A medical clinic that assists couples, and sometimes individuals, who wish to become parents.


mesonephric rest

mesonephric rest (plural mesonephric rests)

(medicine, gynaecology) Remnants of the mesonephros in a girl or woman that have persisted past the embryonic stage.


orgasm shot

(medicine, gynaecology) A procedure involving the injection of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) into the vagina, claimed to improve orgasms.


pro-deather

Without realizing it, the pro-deathers and the police together end up closing the clinic down, thus preventing aboritons on that day, all to avoid violence!

1995 February 21, Angie Miller, “Church Will Always Have PR Problems with World”, in Liberty Champion, Lynchburg, Virginia, retrieved 2022-11-19, page 13:

Recently our local abortion rights fund received a piece of mail enjoining “pro-lifers” to “attack” abortion providers and other “peddlers of death. . . . When we shoot, we should aim for the lower spine and the buttocks. At this time we probably don’t need to kill to discourage some pro-deathers from implementing their agenda.”

1998, Marlene Gerber Fried, “Abortion in the United States – Legal but Inaccessible”, in Rickie Solinger, editor, Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle, 1950–2000, Berkeley, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 209:

a. 2013, “Euthanasia Pro-Deather Spills the Beans”, Pro-Life Victoria, archived from the original on October 26, 2022.

(derogatory, dysphemistic, uncommon) A person who is supportive of the practice or legality of abortion or who is opposed to “pro-life” causes.


cleidotomy

cleidotomy (countable and uncountable, plural cleidotomies)

Cleidotomy – fracturing the fetal clavicle.

2019 June 26, Leena Khan, “Shoulder Dystocia”, in TeachMe ObGyn, archived from the original on 2023-02-28:

(obstetrics) Intentional fracturing of the clavicle of a fetus for the management of shoulder dystocia during vaginal delivery .


FIGO

Acronym of the French name Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique

w:International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

(gynaecology, obstetrics) Acronym of International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics.


FGR

(obstetrics) Initialism of fetal growth restriction.


Yuzpe regimen

A medical eponym; it is named for the physician whose publications about it (in the medical literature) are widely cited (A. Albert Yuzpe, born 1938).

A method of emergency contraception that uses a combination of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel. It works by preventing fertilization of an egg.


baby trap

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The cynic surfaced, reminding him that she'd been accused of trying to spring the baby trap on Brad Comfort.

A situation where a person deliberately gets themselves or their partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.


pronatal

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jim hat

“Come on, Jamal. […] I'm not lettin' you stick it in without a jim hat,” Simone said, annoyed. They debated about this with every one-night-stand they enjoyed.

2010, Jamila D. Smith, Runaways, page 24:


false pregnancy

false pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural false pregnancies)


maternity dress

maternity dress (plural maternity dresses)

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A dress designed to be worn by a pregnant woman who has a large baby bump


mife

The miso/mife combination is becoming increasingly popular: In 2011, it accounted for 36 percent of all abortions before nine weeks of gestation, and it’s often considered the gold standard of medication abortion, with an estimated success rate that is nearly 10 percent higher than using miso alone (92 to 95 percent and 80 to 85 percent, respectively).

2014 June 27, Erica Hellerstein, “The Rise of the DIY Abortion in Texas”, in The Atlantic:

(pharmacology, informal) Clipping of mifepristone.


trial of scar

Tradition has taught that a previous classical Caesarean section, more than one scar, previous obstructed labour, and contracted pelvis all provide absolute contraindications to a trial of scar.

1988, Christopher Targett, “Caesarean Section and Trial of Scar”, in The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, volume 28, number 4, pages 249–262:

In a recent UK survey, 95% of consultants responded that they would not allow trial of scar following a classical Caesarean section (Roberts et al 1994).

1995, Geoffrey Chamberlain, editor, Turnbull's Obstetrics, 2nd edition, Churchill Livingstone, →ISBN, page 719:

A trial of scar may be justified in a woman with a previous cesarean section who is currently on HAART, has an undetectable virus and spontaneously goes into labor.

2012, Jyoti Dhar, “A Guide to the Clinical Care of Pregnant Women with HIV”, in Mamatha M Lala, Rashid H Merchant, editors, Principles of Perinatal and Pediatric HIV/AIDS, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, →ISBN, page 317:

(obstetrics) A labour where a vaginal delivery is attempted in a woman who has had a previous caesarean section.


IUGR

(obstetrics) Initialism of intrauterine growth restriction.


gestational diabetes

(obstetrics) A condition in which a woman without diabetes develops high blood glucose levels during pregnancy.


APH

antepartum haemorrhage
w:antepartum haemorrhage

(obstetrics) Initialism of antepartum haemorrhage.


evictionism

A libertarian position on abortion based on property rights, according to which a woman is entitled to eject a baby from her body as a trespasser or a parasite.


bubble zone

A government-mandated perimeter around a facility providing abortions, preventing protesters from approaching closely.


vampire time

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But what would he have thought about the female character in a novel I recently read who, noting that she was in her menstual period, called it 'vampire time'?

1985, Dennis Joseph Enright, Fair of Speech: The Uses of Euphemism, page 58:

Thus the curse of Eve and the monthly blues give way to sanitary protection and menstual health. On the street things are a bit different, of course. There it's vampire time.

(euphemistic, slang) A woman's menstrual period.


in kid

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"Those little ones there, probably no more than ten, fifteen kilos," he says, pointing out three goats about the same size as the cattle dog, "they would be in kid."

2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 200:


heartbeat law

A law that forbids abortions after the fetal heartbeat can be detected, typically around six weeks.


taharat hamishpacha

Borrowed from Hebrew טהרת המשפחה (“family purity”).

bor+

That's an _added_ bonus, like avoiding pork products avoids trichonosis or circumscised males are less prone to penile cancer and women who practice taharas hamishpacha are less prone to cervix cancer.

2003 May 18, mos...@mm.huji.ac.il, “Actually, only 20% of the Jewish people left Eg”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):

They are "offended" by the laws of taharas hamishpacha and bristle at the idea that women sit behind a mechitza.

2004 May 23, Susan Cohen, quoting Cindys, “Sheitel Burning in Israel”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):

Numerous scholars […] have opined on potential ways in which adherence to the mandates of taharat hamishpacha can benefit a marriage, including injecting a monthly sense of renewal into the husband-wife relationship, ensuring that the couple learns to relate to each other on levels beyond the physical, cultivating a husband's sensitivity towards his wife during a vulnerable time of the month, sanctifying the physical bond between husband and wife, and more.

2010, Shmuel Goldin, Unlocking the Torah Text: Vayikra, Gefen Publishing House, →ISBN, page 88:

The Jewish laws pertaining to menstruation, given in Leviticus.


menophilia

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A paraphilia involving menses or the menstrual cycle.


abortifactive

[…] abortifactive agents such as Brucella abortus and Tritrichomonas foetus are not present in the Swedish bovine population […]

2003, Susanne Stenlund, Hans Kindahl, Arvid Uggla, Camilla Björkman, “A Long-Term Study of Neospora caninum Infection in a Swedish Dairy Herd”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 44, number 2, pages 63-71:

Complete necropsies, abortion panels to rule out other abortifactive agents, serum Ig levels, and aoEBA-specific immunohistochemistry (IHC) were performed on each fetus to confirm EBA diagnosis.

2011, Roxann S. Brooks, Myra T. Blanchard, Mark L. Anderson, Mark R. Hall, Jeffery L. Stott, “Quantitative duplex TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction for the assessment of the etiologic agent of epizootic bovine abortion”, in Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, volume 23, number 6, pages 1153-1159:

[…] a high degree of seropositivity to N. caninum was diagnosed after evaluating for various abortifactive agents.

2015, Priya Bapodra, Barbara A Wolfe, “Investigation of Neospora caninum seroprevalence and potential impact on reproductive success in semi-freeranging Père David’s deer (Elaphurus davidianus)”, in Veterinary Record Open, volume 2, number 1:

Abortion panels were conducted to identify fetal/neonatal losses due to other abortifactive agents.

2022, Myra T. Blanchard, Mike B. Teglas, Mark L. Anderson, Peter F. Moore, Bret R. McNabb, Kassidy M. Collins, Bret V. Yeargan, Jeffrey L. Stott, “Protection of Cattle against Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA) Using a Live Pajaroellobacter abortibovis Vaccine”, in Vaccines (Basel), volume 10, number 2, page 335:

REMINDER: Steroids may be abortifactive for gravid females; be willing to live by the consequences. Use only in life threatening circumstances for pregnant females.

2024, “Chemical Immobilization, Capture and Handling:”, in Yellowstone Grizzly Project, archived from the original on 2024-08-26:

(pharmacology) Inducing abortion or miscarriage, abortifacient.


birthing person

en-noun

birthing person (plural birthing persons or birthing people)

birthing persons (plural)
birthing people (plural)

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Black trans/gender nonconforming birthing persons are more likely than cisgender women to seek a home birth, but they may face particular challenges in finding medical personnel who respect their identity and reproductive choices.¹⁶

2015 December 22, Julia Chinyere Oparah, Alicia D. Bonaparte, Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Routledge, →ISBN, page 160:

Dads can feel ignored or shunned from the grief experience, particularly in the hospital environment, which can feel entirely oriented towards the care of the woman or birthing person.

2020 November 5, Kay King, Why Baby Loss Matters (Pinter & Martin Why it Matters), Pinter & Martin Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC:

Even if you don't manage to make a difference in a particular scenario, it can make a bit difference to a woman or birthing person to know that they had you as an advocate, supporting them and their interests.

2023 March 14, Tania Staras, Communication in Midwifery - E-Book: Communication in Midwifery - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:

(neologism) a person who has the ability to give birth (or has had it)


boypreggers

/ˈbɔɪˌpɹɛ.ɡəs/

/ˈbɔɪˌpɹɛ.ɡəɹs/

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just got my boybortion, no longer boypreggers 😔😔😔

2021 August 25, @Minty_2022, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-09-21:

Which DS9 character should get boypreggers?

2023 November 5, imsoglitter, Tumblr, archived from the original on 2024-09-21:

You can get me boypreggers anytime

2024 September 16, Jonah Ramirez (@_polybius), Threads, archived from the original on 2024-09-21:

(Internet slang) Of a boy or man, pregnant.


milk card

(UK) A payment card serving the same purpose as milk tokens.


milk voucher

(UK) A voucher serving the same purpose as a milk token.


milk token

(UK) A token given by the state to a pregnant woman or mother of a young infant for the purchase of milk and related supplies.


male condom

Retronym for condom, coined after the introduction of the internal condom/female condom to distinguish the type of barrier contraceptive worn over an erect penis from the type worn internally in the vagina or anus.

(often proscribed) A condom worn over an erect penis, in contradistinction to one worn internally in the anus or vagina.


external condom

external condom (plural external condoms)