gestational

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Recent Examples of gestational Women deserve real safeguards—medical evaluations, ultrasounds to confirm gestational age and rule out ectopic pregnancies, informed consent, and assurance that their decision is truly voluntary. Christa Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 In 2014, Blankenship and her husband — who now share a daughter, 9-year-old Greenleigh — had just started discussing the possibility of getting an egg donor or finding a gestational carrier. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 And in the gestational obesity group, eggs and sperm from healthy mice were gestated in obese surrogates. New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025 These new features include gestational age tracking. David Phelan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestational
Adjective
  • Recognizing this critical gap in prenatal safety, the MimiBelt is a seatbelt adjuster specifically designed so the lap portion of the belt tracks over the hips and pelvic bones rather than over the abdomen.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • For this reason, expecting mamas should consider taking a prenatal breastfeeding class.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Many of them were young women, either pregnant or of childbearing age, when the bombs fell and have lived much of their lives under a heavy shadow of fear and stigma.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Gestational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestational. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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