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Pregnancy terms starting with T

Get quick definitions of many of the most common pregnancy terms here! From fertility treatment terminology to common pregnancy conditions to the stages of labor, find out more about the hundreds of new words you will be hearing.

 

  
Threatened miscarriage
Category: High risk/Complications
Threatened, but not definite, loss of baby before 20 weeks. May result in bleeding, spotting or cramping.


Tokodynamometer
Category: Labor and birth
An external uterine contraction monitor (i.e. the tokodynamometer) is a device used to monitor the progress of labor. It measures the duration, frequency, and relative pressure of uterine contractions with a transducer strapped to the mother's abdomen.


Toxemia
Category: Mom's health
The condition resulting from the spread of bacterial products (toxins) by the blood stream. During pregnancy, this may be used interchangeably with "eclampsia."


Toxoplasmosis
Category: Mom's health
A protozoan that is dependent on cats to reproduce. Toxoplasmosis infection of the fetus can occur if a woman develops acute toxoplasmosis during pregnancy. For this reason, many caregivers recommend that pregnant women not change the cat's litter box during pregnancy.


Transition
Category: Labor and birth
Transition is the phase of labor just before the pushing stage. At about 6 or 7 centimeters of dilation, some of the symptoms of transition appear. During transition, contractions become very strong, and often their duration and frequency are less predictable.


Trimester
Category: General pregnancy
Three separate terms of pregnancy, each lasting approximately three months:


Tubal factor
Category: Conception and fertility
A cause of infertility related to structural or functional damage to one or both fallopian tubes.


Tubal pregnancy
Category: Mom's health
See Ectopic pregnancy.


Turner Syndrome
Category: Birth defects
Also known as Monosomy X, Turner syndrome is the result of a missing X chromosome in a female. Although the rate of miscarriage and stillbirth is very high, those who are liveborn generally have good health, a normal life span and normal intelligence.


Twin-to-twin transfusion
Category: High risk/Complications
A transfer of blood through an accidental communication between blood vessels of identical twins.


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