pregnancies
Carrying future babies
Pregnancies is the plural of pregnancy, the condition of carrying developing offspring in the uterus.
The word covers multiple instances across people or time: She had three pregnancies over five years.
Medical contexts track pregnancies for health statistics and research: Teen pregnancies have declined since the 1990s.
Medical oversight for expectant mothers
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- amniocentesisPrenatal diagnostic fluid extraction
- obstetricsChildbirth medicine branch
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
midwife · high-risk · preeclampsia · gestational diabetes · morning sickness · miscarriage · stillbirth · premature labor
Formation of an idea
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
- embryoOrganism before birth
- fetusGestating offspring
zygote · ovulation · gestation · trimester · amniotic · placenta · umbilical · prenatal
State of being a female parent
- parenthoodState of having children
- family planningControlling fertility deliberately
- expectingAwaiting a predicted outcome
- announcementPublic declaration of information
maternity · paternity · support · community · workplace · discrimination · leave policy · unwanted
Room for infants
- baby showerPre-birth gift gathering
- birth planPrenatal care document
- due dateWhen payment is required
- childbirth classesCourses preparing for delivery
Lamaze · registry · maternity leave · nesting · layette · crib · car seat · doula
Pregnant woman's protruding stomach
- bellyFront midsection
- weight gainBody mass accumulation
- stretch marksSkin scars from stretching
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
edema · fatigue · nausea · cravings · backache · contractions · Braxton Hicks · glow
prenatal care
Medical oversight for expectant mothers
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- amniocentesisPrenatal diagnostic fluid extraction
- obstetricsChildbirth medicine branch
obstetrician · midwife · high-risk · preeclampsia · gestational diabetes · morning sickness · miscarriage · stillbirth · premature labor · Rh factor
conception
Formation of an idea
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
- embryoOrganism before birth
fetus · zygote · ovulation · gestation · trimester · amniotic · placenta · umbilical · prenatal · fetal development
motherhood
State of being a female parent
- parenthoodState of having children
- family planningControlling fertility deliberately
- expectingAwaiting a predicted outcome
announcement · maternity · paternity · support · community · workplace · discrimination · leave policy · unwanted · unplanned
nursery
Room for infants
- baby showerPre-birth gift gathering
- birth planPrenatal care document
- due dateWhen payment is required
childbirth classes · Lamaze · registry · maternity leave · nesting · layette · crib · car seat · doula · hospital bag
baby bump
Pregnant woman's protruding stomach
- bellyFront midsection
- weight gainBody mass accumulation
- stretch marksSkin scars from stretching
swelling · edema · fatigue · nausea · cravings · backache · contractions · Braxton Hicks · glow · colostrum
- patient intakename, date of birth, address, phone number, allergies
- celebrity newscelebrity gossip, paparazzi, tabloids, TMZ, E! News
- medical historyHippocrates, germ theory, bloodletting, Galen, four humors
pregnanciesbarrenness
Inability to bear fruit
infertility · sterility · childlessness · contraception · abstinence
pregnanciesmiscarriages
Unintended pregnancy terminations
abortions · pregnancy losses · stillbirths · terminations · infertility
- high-risk pregnanciesGestations with elevated danger
- phantom pregnanciesBelieved conception without embryo
- ectopic pregnanciesEmbryos implanting outside womb
pregnant, pregnancy, impregnate, impregnation, impregnated, nonpregnant, impregnating, impregnates, postpregnancy