gestation periods
Time carrying offspring
Gestation periods are the lengths of time offspring develop inside their mothers before birth.
Each mammalian species has a characteristic duration—about nine months for humans, twenty-two months for elephants, sixty-three days for dogs.
The term extends figuratively to any developmental phase before something emerges: The project had a long gestation period before launch.
- fetusGestating offspring
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- baby bumpPregnant woman's protruding stomach
- morning sicknessPregnancy-related nausea
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
nine months · first trimester · elephant · embryo · mother · maternal care · baby shower · reproductive cycles · conception · litter size · neonatal care · umbilical · placenta · fetal development · womb · labor · viviparous · full term
gestation periodsinfancy
Earliest period of life
childhood · adulthood · senescence · maturity · adolescence
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