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pregnancy

noun as in gestation

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About one third of women have decided to have fewer children or delay pregnancy because of coronavirus, according to a survey of more than 2,000 women by the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization focused on reproductive health.

From Quartz

When the family turned themselves into Border Patrol, the mother’s pregnancy was near full-term and she began experiencing acute pain, according to the complaint.

Other studies also showed that smoking during pregnancy might harm growing babies.

In the 1960s, for instance, researchers showed that women who smoked during pregnancy tended to have smaller babies.

After the op-ed, Nike changed its policy to ensure female athletes will not be “adversely impacted financially for pregnancy” for at least 18 months, CNN reported.

From Health

There are 17 states with laws that consider drug abuse during pregnancy a form of child abuse.

South Carolina and Alabama courts have already ruled late-pregnancy substance abuse can be considered a form of child abuse.

During pregnancy, then, CP could not be considered a separate legal entity from EQ.

If they had passed, presumably mothers who drink during pregnancy could be charged with felonies.

These detainments were often justified by laws that do not mention pregnancy specifically.

Passive hyperemia occurs most commonly in diseases of the heart and liver and in pregnancy.

This state of security proved a fortunate circumstance, as many of the poor women were at the same time in a state of pregnancy.

Usually we may say this method fails of its purpose and pregnancy and lactation together work serious harm.

Lactation is sometimes prolonged for no better reason than the hope to avoid pregnancy.

To carry their outrage to the highest possible degree, several who were in a state of pregnancy were assailed in this manner.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pregnancy, such as: fertilization, germination, gravidity, gravidness, impregnation, and parturiency.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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