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==General==
*아기/애기 - Baby
*신생아/갓난 아기 - Newborn baby
*쌍둥이 - Twins
**세쌍둥이 - Triplets
**네쌍둥이 - Quadruplets
**다섯쌍둥이 - Oh, God.. Is this possible?
**일란성 쌍둥이 - Monovular twins
**이란성 쌍둥이 - Biovular twins

==Baby goods==
*기저귀 - Diaper
**기저귀를 채우다 - To put a diaper on a baby
**기저귀를 갈다 - To change the baby
**일회용 기저귀 - Disposable diaper
*보행기 - Baby walker
*유모차 - Baby buggy(carriage)
*아기침대/요람 - Cradle 
**요람 is outdated expression. 아기침대 is better.
*젖꼭지 - Pacifier 
**Originally, 젖꼭지 means a nipple. But it also means pacifier for babies.
*포대기 - Bunting, Swaddle
*카시트 - Child safety seat (in a car)
*턱받이 - Bib
*모빌 - The baby stuff which is haning above the cradle. mobile??
*딸랑이 - Rattle
*배냇저고리 - the first clothes for the newborn

==Before childbirth== 
*임신(하다) - Pregnancy, To be pregnant 
**임산부 - Pregnant women
**임산복/임부복 - Maternity dress
*초음파검사 - Ultrasound 
*성별 - Sex
**In Korea, doctors should not tell parents the sex of baby. It is illegal. So, sometimes doctors give a hint. 'Your baby is so hansome.' or 'Your baby is so pretty.' or 'Your baby looks like mother/father.' or 'Pink/Blue clothes will look nice on baby.' 
*입덧 - Morning sickness 
**입덧을 하다 - To have morning sickness
*만삭 - The last month of pregnancy
*자궁 - Uterus
*양수 - The water
**양수가 터지다 - The water break

==During childbirth==
*진통 - Labor pains
**진통이 시작되다 - To begin to have labor pains
*(출산)예정일 - One´s expected date of confinement
*아기를 낳다/출산하다 - To give birth to
**자연분만 - Natural childbirth 
**제왕절개수술 - Caesarean operation 
**순산하다 - To have an easy delivery
*탯줄 - The umbilical cord
**탯줄을 자르다 - To cut the umbilical cord
*인큐베이터 - Incubator 

==After childbirth==
*닮다 - To look like 
*젖을 주다 / 수유하다 - To nurse
**모유 - Mother´s milk
**초유 - Colostrum, Foremilk
*우유를 먹이다 - To give a baby some milk
**분유 - Powdered milk
**젖병 - Nursing bottle
*이름을 짓다 - give a name 
**작명소 - Naming place
**○자 돌림 : For example, '우리 가족은 '''준'''자 돌림이예요' means that every child has a '준' in their name. <br>"My name is 희'''준''', my elder brother's name is 태'''준''', and my younger brother's name is 석'''준'''."
**~을 따서 짓다 - To call after  '아버지의 이름을 따서 지었다.'
*출생신고를 하다 - To register one´s birth 
*백일잔치 - Party given to a hundred-day-old baby 
*첫돌 - The first birthday
**돌잔치 - The birthday party for one´s one-year-old baby 

==The others==
*난자 - Egg cell
*정자 - Sperm
*착상하다 - To be implanted on the uterine wall 
*대리모 - Surrogate mother 
*인공수정 - Artificial insemination
*시험관아기 - Test tube baby 
*미혼모 - Unmarried mother 
*피임하다 - To prevent conception 
**피임약 - Contraceptive
**콘돔 - Condom
*낙태수술 - Surgical operation to cause abortion 
*출산율 - Birth rate, Fertility rate
**Fertility rate in Korea has dropped to 1.19 children per woman. (by 2008)
*몽고반점 - Mongolian Spots
**A Mongolian Spot is a benign flat congenital birthmark with wavy borders and irregular shape, most common among people of East Asian descent, and named after Mongolians.<br>Asian babies is born with a birthmark on her buttocks. The western people who doesn't know about mongolian spots think it is a bruise. So sometimes, they believe that is 'child abuse' and notify to the police. If you see a bruise on baby's buttocks in Korea, don't be freaked out. It's just a 몽고반점. And it will be gone when the babies get old. 



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