A group of people living together or separately who have strong emotional relationships and are significant to each other through blood or other links.
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Genetic Counselling
Guidance given to individuals who are considering having a child but are concerned because there is a blood relative with an inherited disorder.
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Pre conception care
When both partners work to reduce known risk factors before trying to conceive.
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Barrier Method
A device that will not allow semen or sperm to come into contact with the cervix.
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Contraception
The prevention of conception by the use of birth control devices.
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Reproduction
The biological process by which new individual organisms - "offspring" - are produced from their "parents".
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Fertilisation
When a sperm and an egg join together.
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Pregnancy
The process that occurs between conception and birth.
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Placenta
Provides the foetus with oxygen and nourishment from the mother via the umbilical cord.
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Umbilical cord
The cord connecting the foetus to the maternal placenta. It contains blood vessels that carry nutrients and remove waste products.
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Amniotic Sac
The bag of amniotic fluid that surrounds and cushions the foetus.
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Embryo
The unborn child during the first eight weeks after conception.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Guidance given to individuals who are considering having a child but are concerned because there is a blood relative with an inherited disorder.
Back
Genetic Counselling
Card 3
Front
When both partners work to reduce known risk factors before trying to conceive.
Back
Card 4
Front
A device that will not allow semen or sperm to come into contact with the cervix.
Back
Card 5
Front
The prevention of conception by the use of birth control devices.
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