How to Use pregnancy in a Sentence

pregnancy

noun
  • But the decision to terminate the dog’s pregnancy isn’t one your friend gets to make.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Your pregnancy is late-term or post-term (lasting longer than 41 or 42 weeks).
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 3 July 2024
  • In one story, a trans woman purchases a pregnancy bump and wears it out in the world.
    Kristen Arnett, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • The research project includes people at all stages of pregnancy, from the first trimester to 12 months after birth.
    Rod McCullom, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The same month, the House approved one that would apply throughout pregnancy.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Abortions that late in pregnancy are not allowed on a whim.
    Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • Levy says these versatile black leggings fit the bill and have been perfect for her as she’s neared the end of her pregnancy.
    Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The tale of an unwanted pregnancy, the film premiered at Venice and Toronto last year.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
  • As many as 75 percent of pregnancies in this age range are unplanned.
    Rachel E. Gross, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In these types of emergencies, ending the patient’s pregnancy can be part of the standard of care.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The couple renewed their vows in May and announced their pregnancy via a carousel of images.
    James Sanders, VIBE.com, 10 Aug. 2024
  • White rhino pregnancies last for a whopping 16 to 18 months.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • White rhino pregnancies last for a whopping 16 and 18 months.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Jessie James Decker is soaking up all the moments of this pregnancy.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Like many other moms, the cellulite from pregnancy is mainly in her thighs.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The new law will replace the state’s previous law that allows abortions up to 15 weeks of pregnancy.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Your job is to get both through the pregnancy safely, but that’s not always possible.
    Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • This is her third pregnancy; the last two ended in miscarriage.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Each of Goldstein and Sack’s future pregnancies would have a 25% chance of having Tay Sachs disease.
    Ellen Matloff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The two-drug regimen is used to end a pregnancy through 10 weeks gestation.
    CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • What’s included in the packages is determined by the age of the child or the stage of pregnancy or breastfeeding that a person is in.
    The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But a union with a married man, and an attendant pregnancy, led her to cut short her studies and follow her lover to Chile.
    Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Late into the third trimester of pregnancy, the couple learned their unborn son was in a breech position, with his head high and his bottom down.
    Amy Brittain, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In one study, researchers found that pregnancy was achieved 19% of the time when couples used fresh embryo transfer and 28% of the time when couples used frozen embryos.
    Wendy Wisner, Health, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Asked if Bronze was the result of a planned pregnancy, Brittany revealed the couple's son was conceived on their wedding night.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This means there is no egg to be fertilized, which prevents pregnancy.
    Caleb McCullough, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Before the ruling, Texas banned abortions in 2021 beyond six weeks of pregnancy.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Some doulas prefer to track a pregnancy this way and avoid internal exams.
    Melissa Mills, Parents, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Owens provided a sonogram to Echard, supposedly showing her pregnancy, which Mata said had actually been posted to YouTube seven years ago.
    Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
  • However, this pregnancy came with a number of complications, USA Today reports.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024

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