Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In obstetrics, prior to the delivery of the child.
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Examples
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Our only problem was that their girls were allowed to run all over the place, and they drove the staff on ante-partum and NICU crazy.
Every Breath You Take Ann Rule 2000
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Headed by Sonali Shivlani, Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA), a non-profit, will offer two-year training courses for labour doula, ante-partum doula, post-partum doula, child birth educator and lactation educator.
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When she had checkups, nurses in the ante-partum unit had to stand on either side of the doctors’ examining table to support Sheila’s belly, because the table couldn’t hold all of her midsection.
Every Breath You Take Ann Rule 2000
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