Synonym: gestation, maternity. Similar words: pregnant, penance, finance, presidency, financial, maintenance, financial crisis, signal. Meaning: ['pregnənsɪ] n. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus.
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(91) The woman later gave birth to a healthy baby in a subsequent pregnancy.
(92) Two months into that pregnancy, so the story goes, she began to bleed.
(93) Pregnancy, however, is a relatively brief and dramatic bodily change, succeeded by reversion to something like the former state.
(94) In another situation we encountered a young woman, Colleen, who was experiencing anxiety during her thirty-second week of pregnancy.
(95) Research has confirmed that women who continue to smoke and drink alcohol during pregnancy tend to produce smaller babies.
(96) You poke it up and in before the action begins, thus providing a protective barrier against pregnancy and sexually-transmitted diseases.
(97) Most couples start to adjust to the idea of being a family during pregnancy with antenatal care and parentcraft classes.
(98) In many cities, they sank into a vicious cycle of drugs, crime, teenage pregnancy, and welfare dependency.
(99) During pregnancy women are advised to consult their doctor about appropriate drinking levels.
(100) It allowed the parents to complete the process of pregnancy and birth.
(101) Similarly the control of rubella is complex and important, because rubella in pregnancy is a cause of congenital defects.
(102) Learning about both pregnancy and birth at antenatal classes can be a great help.
(103) Hamsters reared in the laboratory can be made to have female-biased litters by keeping them hungry during adolescence or pregnancy.
(104) Do you know of an antidepressant that can be used in pregnancy / nursing or where I can get more information?
(105) Pregnancy is acceptable, but should a woman lose her baby she will lose her right to apply for such a post.
(106) Stricken with cancer, the twenty-eight-year-old Ardenghi decided to stop treatments during her pregnancy to protect her unborn child.
(107) Gestational diabetes recurs in about 50 percent of women who had the problem in a previous pregnancy.
(108) Most instances have been associated with infection, blood transfusion, or termination of pregnancy.
(109) So alarming is the frequency of adolescent childbirth that President Clinton recently announced a community-oriented campaign to prevent teen pregnancy.
(110) Anything that inhibits ovulation - eg,[sentencedict.com/pregnancy.html] pregnancy or oral contraception - reduces the risk of ovarian cancer.
(111) For Pat, who is 40, the first half of the pregnancy was completely overshadowed by worry about the amniocentesis.
(112) There is a well established role for termination of pregnancy in certain congenital abnormalities.
(113) Their finding suggests that pregnancy may confer on some women a protective factor making them less likely to act on suicidal urges.
(114) She was 13 weeks pregnant, and her asthmatic attack was attributed to her pregnancy.
(115) The code threatened doctors with suspension if they performed abortions unless the pregnancy involved rape or threat to the woman's life.
(116) He may arrange for you to have a pregnancy test.
(117) To get a free pregnancy test with Immediate results go to a family planning clinic or a Brook Centre.
(118) Babies born to women who did not abstain from drinking during pregnancy also tend to exhibit abnormal sleep patterns after birth.
(119) Social problems such as teen pregnancy, drug abuse, and high divorce rates are often common in the most advanced countries.
(120) Pregnancy demolishes any attempts at personal elegance, as we bulge and waddle along.
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