Vocabulary

• at large: (of a person or animal, especially one that is dangerous) not captured; free.
• bun in the oven: To be pregnant.
• health benefits: Advantages provided by an employer or insurance plan related to healthcare, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak