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MacDonald BabyAs the arrival of your baby nears, you no doubt have many questions about giving birth and taking care of your baby once you’re home.

How do you make arrangements to deliver at MacDonald Women’s Hospital? What happens if your baby needs special attention after delivery? How do you choose a doctor for the baby?

We want to give you the answers that will bring you peace of mind as you prepare to give birth. Then, when the time comes to deliver at MacDonald Women’s Hospital, you can be assured that you and your baby will receive excellent care with a compassionate touch.
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Aarskog syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, musculoskeletal, and genital anomalies.
Review Date: 3/13/2006

Aarskog syndrome is an inherited disease that affects a person's height, muscles, skeleton, genitals, and appearance of the face. Inherited means that it is passed down through families.
Review Date: 10/14/2009

Aase syndrome is a rare disorder that involves anemia and certain joint and skeletal deformities.
Review Date: 7/2/2007

Aase syndrome is a rare disorder that involves anemia and certain joint and skeletal deformities.
Review Date: 8/11/2009

An aneurysm is when a blood vessel becomes abnormally large or balloons outward. The abdominal aorta is a large blood vessel that supplies blood to your abdomen, the pelvis, and legs.
Review Date: 12/7/2006

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is when the large blood vessel that supplies blood to the abdomen, pelvis, and legs becomes abnormally large or balloons outward.
Review Date: 8/21/2009

ABO incompatibility is a reaction of the immune system that occurs if two different and not compatible blood types are mixed together.
Review Date: 3/13/2007

ABO incompatibility is a reaction of the immune system that occurs if two different and not compatible blood types are mixed together.
Review Date: 5/13/2008

A complete abortion is an abortion (induced or spontaneous) in which the entire fetus and placenta have passed out of the uterus before the 20th week of pregnancy.See also: Miscarriage
Review Date: 8/17/2007

Elective or therapeutic abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy.
Review Date: 9/19/2006

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