The middle stage of pregnancy, between 13 and 26 weeks.

The organ where a baby develops during pregnancy. Made of muscle, it is hollow, stretchy and about the size and shape of an upside-down pear. It sits between the bladder and the rectum in a woman’s pe [..]

The tummy area from the lower ribs to the pelvis.

Of the abdomen.

Ending a pregnancy using either medicines (medical abortion) or an operation (surgical abortion).

Sudden and severe.

Endometriosis in the muscle wall of the uterus.

Scars that connects two or more body structures together.

A way of testing the fluid surrounding a baby in the womb by taking a small sample with a needle put into the womb through the abdomen. It can be carried out after the 15th week of pregnancy, and can [..]

The watery liquid surrounding and protecting the growing fetus in the uterus.