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pregnancy

[preg-nuhn-see] / ˈprɛg nən si /


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Even when embryos develop, implantation and pregnancy are not assured.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

These findings suggest that pregnancy involves significant changes in the brain's chemical makeup, potentially helping its neural connections adapt to the body's changing demands.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

He served on the boards of an antiabortion crisis pregnancy center and an organization aiming to make the Bible easier to study.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

‘DWTS’ pro Witney Carson took to social media following Week 3 of Season 35 to address rumors that she wished to be voted off alongside celebrity partner Guillermo Rodriguez because of her pregnancy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mom was forty-one years old, so the pregnancy was what they called “high risk.”

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

Even people who have healthy pregnancies can encounter serious challenges after delivery.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

To see if more women with ectopic pregnancies are experiencing severe health outcomes, ProPublica analyzed hospital data from Texas, the most populous state to ban abortion.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

There Steinem wrote one of the first mainstream media dispatches from the women’s movement, covering a 1969 abortion speak-out in Greenwich Village, where woman after woman shared stories of terminating pregnancies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The triplets were conceived naturally, Passi said, which happens in only about about one out of 10,000 pregnancies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Since her pregnancies she had put on weight, thickened in the waist, but her skin and hair were still beautiful and she was still an attractive woman.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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