Video Text Alternative: Term Talk

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A variety of "talk bubbles" appear sequentially on screen. They contain the terms: delivery, health, pregnancy, 41 weeks, term, 37 weeks, research, baby, doctor, full, 39 weeks. Title appears in a talk bubble: Term Talk.
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Video fades to illustration of doctor's office. A sign on the door says "Dr. Holland".  
Video fades to a doctor and a pregnant patient talking in an examination room. Doctor: Hi there. You look great and you're now at 37 weeks. 

Woman: That means I'm full term, right?

Doctor: Actually the pregnancy terms have changed.
Video cuts to a split screen. Doctor is on the left. On the right is a talk bubble graphic featuring the text: Babies born at 37 and 38 weeks are now called early term, while babies born between 39 and 41 weeks are full term. Doctor: Babies born at 37 and 38 weeks are now called early term, while babies born between 39 and 41 weeks are full term.
Video cuts to pregnant woman Woman: Why did it change? Isn't he just getting fatter those last few weeks? 
Video cuts to a split screen. Doctor is on the left. On the right is a talk bubble graphic featuring the text: research now shows that baby's brain, lungs, and liver continue developing in the womb between 37 and 39 weeks. Doctor: Well, research now shows that baby's brain, lungs, and liver continue developing in the womb between 37 and 39 weeks.
Video cuts to doctor and pregnant patient. Doctor has hand on patient's belly. Woman: Sounds like you have some work to do in there over the next couple weeks!
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"Learn the terms for the home stretch.
www.nichd.nih.gov/KnowYourTerms"
 
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services logo, National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development logo, National Child & Maternal Health Education Program logo.
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