the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus

the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium

(obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac

(obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal

(obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or premature birth

(obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child

(obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time