Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations (for example, in the case of twins, or triplets). Human pregnancy is the most studied of all mammalian pregnancies. Human pregnancy lasts approximately 40 weeks between the time of the last menstrual cycle and birth (38 weeks from fertilisation). The medical term for a pregnant woman is genetalian, just as the medical term for the unborn is embryo (e ...

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• Pregnancy - Detection and dating
• Pregnancy - Timeline of a typical pregnancy
• Pregnancy - First trimester
• Pregnancy - Second trimester
• Pregnancy - Third trimester
• Pregnancy - Medical aspects of pregnancy
• Pregnancy - Birth
• Pregnancy - Postnatal Period
• Pregnancy - Terms and definitions
• Pregnancy - Technical
• Pregnancy - Colloquial
• Pregnancy - Reference

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Pregnancy, Pregnancy - Detection and dating, Pregnancy - Timeline of a typical pregnancy, Pregnancy - First trimester, Pregnancy - Second trimester, Pregnancy - Third trimester, Pregnancy - Medical aspects of pregnancy, Pregnancy - Birth, Pregnancy - Postnatal Period, Pregnancy - Terms and definitions, Pregnancy - Technical, Pregnancy - Colloquial, Pregnancy - Reference

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Pregnancy is typically broken into three periods, or trimesters, each of about three months. While there are no hard and fast rules, these distinctions are useful in describing the changes that take place over time. Pregnancy - First trimester. Main articles: Fertilization, and [[{{{2}}}]], See also:

Pregnancy, Pregnancy - Detection and dating, Pregnancy - Timeline of a typical pregnancy, Pregnancy - First trimester, Pregnancy - Second trimester, Pregnancy - Third trimester, Pregnancy - Medical aspects of pregnancy, Pregnancy - Birth, Pregnancy - Postnatal Period, Pregnancy - Terms and definitions, Pregnancy - Technical, Pregnancy - Colloquial, Pregnancy - Reference

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Pregnancy and childbirth open powerful doorways for spiritual experiences. It was when I was pregnant with my first child, Nick, that my conscious psychic awareness sprang to life. I had many unusual supernatural experiences at this time. One that didn't seem all that extraordinary at the time but later proved profound involved communication with the spirit of my unborn son.

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Pregnancy is a total experience. It is a time in a woman's life when it is of prime importance that the various dimensions of her being are in harmony. The regular practice of certain yoga exercises, meditation and breathing techniques ensures optimum health of her body and mind, and the unification of her physical, emotional and spiritual growth with that of the developing child.

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When lisinopril therapy in women of child-bearing age is started pregnancy must be excluded and effective contraceptive methods used. Lisinopril is teratogenic and can cause birth defects and even death of the developing fetus. When pregnancy is detected, Lisinopril should be discontinued as soon as possible. ...

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Lisinopril, Lisinopril - Mode of action, Lisinopril - Indications, Lisinopril - Contraindications and Precautions, Lisinopril - Pregnancy, Lisinopril - Lactation, Lisinopril - Side effects, Lisinopril - Interactions, Lisinopril - Dosing, Lisinopril - History/Brand Names

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The chances of a successful pregnancy is approximately 20-30% for each IVF cycle. There are many factors that determine success rates including the age of the patient, the quality of the eggs and sperm, the duration of the infertility, the health of the uterus, and the medical expertise. It is a common practice for IVF programmes to boost the pregnancy rate by placing multiple embryos during embryo transfer. A flip side of this practise is a higher risk of multiple pregna ...

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In vitro fertilisation, In vitro fertilisation - History, In vitro fertilisation - Indications, In vitro fertilisation - Method, In vitro fertilisation - Ovarian stimulation, In vitro fertilisation - Oocyte retrieval, In vitro fertilisation - IVF laboratory, In vitro fertilisation - Embryo transfer, In vitro fertilisation - Post-transfer, In vitro fertilisation - Pregnancy, In vitro fertilisation - Complications, In vitro fertilisation - Birth defects, In vitro fertilisation - Cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Embryo cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Oocyte cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Ovarian tissue cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Developments, In vitro fertilisation - Ethics, In vitro fertilisation - Issues, In vitro fertilisation - Separating the traditional mother-father model, In vitro fertilisation - Pregnancy past menopause, In vitro fertilisation - Religious objections, In vitro fertilisation - Regulatory events

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The chances of a successful pregnancy is approximately 20-30% for each IVF cycle. There are many factors that determine success rates including the age of the patient, the quality of the eggs and sperm, the duration of the infertility, the health of the uterus, and the medical expertise. It is a common practice for IVF programmes to boost the pregnancy rate by placing multiple embryos during embryo transfer. A flip side o ...

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In vitro fertilisation, In vitro fertilisation - History, In vitro fertilisation - Indications, In vitro fertilisation - Method, In vitro fertilisation - Ovarian stimulation, In vitro fertilisation - Oocyte retrieval, In vitro fertilisation - IVF laboratory, In vitro fertilisation - Embryo transfer, In vitro fertilisation - Post-transfer, In vitro fertilisation - Pregnancy, In vitro fertilisation - Complications, In vitro fertilisation - Birth defects, In vitro fertilisation - Cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Embryo cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Oocyte cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Ovarian tissue cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Developments, In vitro fertilisation - Ethics, In vitro fertilisation - Issues, In vitro fertilisation - Separating the traditional mother-father model, In vitro fertilisation - Pregnancy past menopause, In vitro fertilisation - Religious objections, In vitro fertilisation - Regulatory events

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The chances of a successful pregnancy is approximately 20-30% for each IVF cycle. There are many factors that determine success rates including the age of the patient, the quality of the eggs and sperm, the duration of the infertility, the health of the uterus, and the medical expertise. It is a common practice for IVF programmes to boost the pregnancy rate by placing multiple embryos during embryo transfer. A flip side of this practise is a higher risk of multiple pregnancy, itself associated with obstetric complications. IVF program ...

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In vitro fertilisation, In vitro fertilisation - History, In vitro fertilisation - Indications, In vitro fertilisation - Method, In vitro fertilisation - Ovarian stimulation, In vitro fertilisation - Oocyte retrieval, In vitro fertilisation - IVF laboratory, In vitro fertilisation - Embryo transfer, In vitro fertilisation - Post-transfer, In vitro fertilisation - Pregnancy, In vitro fertilisation - Complications, In vitro fertilisation - Birth defects, In vitro fertilisation - Cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Embryo cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Oocyte cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Ovarian tissue cryopreservation, In vitro fertilisation - Developments, In vitro fertilisation - Ethics, In vitro fertilisation - Issues, In vitro fertilisation - Separating the traditional mother-father model, In vitro fertilisation - Pregnancy past menopause, In vitro fertilisation - Religious objections, In vitro fertilisation - Regulatory events

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The beginning of pregnancy may be detected in a number of ways, including various pregnancy tests which detect hormones generated by the newly-formed placenta. Clinical blood and urine tests can detect pregnancy as early as 6-8 days after date of conception. Home pregnancy tests are personal urine tests, which normally can't detect a pregnancy until at least 12-15 days after conception. Both clinical and home tests can only detect the state of pregnancy ...

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Pregnancy, Pregnancy - Detection and dating, Pregnancy - Timeline of a typical pregnancy, Pregnancy - First trimester, Pregnancy - Second trimester, Pregnancy - Third trimester, Pregnancy - Medical aspects of pregnancy, Pregnancy - Birth, Pregnancy - Postnatal Period, Pregnancy - Terms and definitions, Pregnancy - Technical, Pregnancy - Colloquial, Pregnancy - Reference

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Adriana Iliescu (born 31 May 1938, Craiova) is the world's oldest woman to give birth, at age 66. She gave birth to Eliza Maria on 16 January 2005, at the Giuleşti Maternity Hospital in Bucharest, Romania. The child, however, is not her biological child, as the ovum (and also the sperm) was from an anonymous donor, and Iliescu was more of a Surrogate mother. She is a retired university lecturer and writer of children's stories. Adriana Iliescu - Pregnancy. Iliescu was first given hormone treatment to rever ...

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• Adriana Iliescu - International interest

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Clopidogrel bisulfate Clopidogrel, which is often prescribed under the brand name Plavix® (clopidogrel bisulfate; produced by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis), is a potent oral antiplatelet agent often used in the treatment of coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease. Clopidogrel - Pharmacology. The mechanism of action of clopidogrel is irreversible blockade of the adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor on plat ...

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• Clopidogrel - Pharmacology
• Clopidogrel - Pregnancy category
• Clopidogrel - Adverse effects

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Stillbirth is when pregnancy ends without a live birth due to natural causes, including pregnancy loss, miscarriage, or spontaneous abortion. Some pregnancies do not result in a live birth. Miscarriage is commonly used to describe the loss of a fetus, usually before the age of gestation of 20 weeks. Stillbirth is the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth, regardless of the stage of development. In the United Kingdom, this term is used for an infant delivered s ...

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• Stillbirth - Causes
• Stillbirth - Effects
• Stillbirth - Perinatal Bereavement: Loss at the time of Pregnancy
• Stillbirth - Morbid or Difficult Reactions
• Stillbirth - Essential Choices & Facilitation of Grief
• Stillbirth - Negative Consequences
• Stillbirth - Intervention
• Stillbirth - Reference

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The amniotic sac is a tough but thin transparent pair of membranes, which hold a developing embryo (and later fetus) until shortly before birth. The inner membrane, the amnion, contains the amniotic fluid and the fetus. The outer membrane, the chorion, contains the amnion and is part of the placenta. It is also called the amniotic bubble in resemblance to a bubble. An artificial rupture of membranes (ARM), also known as an amniotomy, may be performed by a midwife or obstetrician. This is usually performed using an amnih ...

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• Amniotic sac - Complications related to amniotic fluid
• Amniotic sac - Multiple pregnancies

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The term Wrongful Abortion was defined by Perry & Adar as an abortion that a pregnant woman is induced to undergo by negligent conduct (usually a medical misrepresentation). See Ronen Perry & Yehuda Adar, Wrongful Abortion: A Wrong in Search of a Remedy, 5 YALE J. HEALTH POL'Y L. & ETHICS 507 (2005). 1 In their article Perry & Adar contend that the law does not currently provide adequate incentives to avoid wrongful abortions, the consequences of which are often devastating. They suggest that the b ...

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• Wrongful abortion - Wrongful abortion settings
• Wrongful abortion - Abortion undergone from misinformation about pregnancy
• Wrongful abortion - Abortion undergone from misinformation about health of fetus
• Wrongful abortion - Analogous Terms
• Wrongful abortion - Wrongful pregnancy/conception
• Wrongful abortion - Wrongful birth/life

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In 1978, the U.S. Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, an amendment to the sex discrimination section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This act stated that individuals may not be discriminated against "...because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions shall be treated the same for all employment-related purposes, included receipt of benefits under fringe benefit programs, as other pers ...

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Pregnancy discrimination, Pregnancy discrimination - Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Pregnancy discrimination - Historical Perspective

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Ectopic pregnancy - Nonsurgical treatment. Early treatment of an ectopic pregnancy with the drug methotrexate has proven to be a viable alternative to surgical treatment since 1993. If administered early in the pregnancy, methotrexate can disrupt the growth of the developing embryo causing the cessation of pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy - Surgical treatment. If hemorrhaging has already occurred, surgical intervention is necessary to halt blood loss and reduce the risk of shock. S ...

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Ectopic pregnancy, Ectopic pregnancy - Overview, Ectopic pregnancy - Causes, Ectopic pregnancy - Cilia damage and tube occlusion, Ectopic pregnancy - Excessive estrogen and progesterone, Ectopic pregnancy - Other, Ectopic pregnancy - Symptoms, Ectopic pregnancy - Diagnosis, Ectopic pregnancy - Nontubal ectopic pregnancy, Ectopic pregnancy - Treatment, Ectopic pregnancy - Nonsurgical treatment, Ectopic pregnancy - Surgical treatment

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Ectopic pregnancy - Cilia damage and tube occlusion. Hair-like cilia located on the internal surface of the Fallopian tubes carry the fertilized egg to the uterus. Damage to the cilia, or blockage of the Fallopian tubes is likely to lead to an ectopic pregnancy. Women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) have a high occurrence of ectopic pregnancy. This results from the build-up of scar tissue in the Fallopian tubes, causing ...

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Male pregnancy in humans has been limited to the realms of speculation, science fiction and comedy, because the phenomenon would be a biological impossibility under traditional circumstances. Due to advances in modern medicine the concept is generally considered possible, but both the risks and the chances of success are still at foolhardy levels. No known attempts at initiating a male pregnancy, much less carrying one to term, have been made to date. The ethical concerns that would be presented by an ...

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Male pregnancy, Male pregnancy - In humans, Male pregnancy - In other species, Male pregnancy - In mythology, Male pregnancy - In popular culture

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Ectopic pregnancy has to be suspected in any woman with lower abdominal pain and/or unusual bleeding who is sexually active. A pregnancy test usually needs to be positive. An ultrasound examination may reveal the abnormal location of the pregnancy, show evidence of intraabdominal bleeding, or reveal an empty uterine cavity when normally the pregnancy should have been detectable within the uterus. A laparoscopy or laparotomy can also be performed to visually confirm ( and then remove) an ectopic p ...

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Ectopic pregnancy, Ectopic pregnancy - Overview, Ectopic pregnancy - Causes, Ectopic pregnancy - Cilia damage and tube occlusion, Ectopic pregnancy - Excessive estrogen and progesterone, Ectopic pregnancy - Other, Ectopic pregnancy - Symptoms, Ectopic pregnancy - Diagnosis, Ectopic pregnancy - Nontubal ectopic pregnancy, Ectopic pregnancy - Treatment, Ectopic pregnancy - Nonsurgical treatment, Ectopic pregnancy - Surgical treatment

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