pregnancy

/ˈprɛgnənsi/

/ˈprɛgnənsi/

Other forms: pregnancies

Pregnancy is the state of being pregnant, the time a woman grows a baby in her belly. For humans, pregnancy lasts about nine months, during which time the mother might want a chocolate chip and pickle sandwich. Get her one.

Before a mother bear gives birth to a cub, or a mother cat has kittens, she goes through pregnancy. In humans, pregnancy is a time to prepare for a new baby while the mother-to-be does things like take special vitamins and choose a doctor or midwife to assist with the upcoming birth. Bears and cats just go for it. Pregnancy comes from the Latin praegnans, "with child" or "before birth," from prae-, "before," and gnasci, "be born."

Definitions of pregnancy

1. noun

   the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
   synonyms: gestation, maternity

   types:

   trouble

   an unwanted pregnancy

   gravidation, gravidity, gravidness

   technical terms for pregnancy

   gravida

   the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in

   para, parity

   (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered

   eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis

   pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

   entopic pregnancy

   pregnancy resulting from normal gestation in the uterus

   placenta previa

   pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary

   abdominal pregnancy

   ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal cavity

   ovarian pregnancy

   ectopic pregnancy in the ovary

   tubal pregnancy

   ectopic pregnancy in a Fallopian tube

   type of:

   physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state

   the condition or state of the body or bodily functions