gestational

Definition of gestationalnext

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Recent Examples of gestational The team supports and has always supported the gestational carrier’s right to make medical decisions for herself and for her bodily autonomy. Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 The Alaska choice-of-law provision of the parties' gestational agreement does not apply to those questions. Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Last year, Fejzo designed a study of the widely available drug metformin, which is already safely used on pregnant women with gestational diabetes and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026 Hilton is a single father of three children — a 13-year-old son, 11-year-old daughter and another 8-year-old daughter — who were born via gestational surrogacy. Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 Research shows a potential link between mental health status and gestational diabetes risk. Carina Heckert, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 Compared to younger women, older moms are at higher risk of complications like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, placental abnormalities, miscarriage chromosomal conditions and cesarean delivery. Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 July 2026 Compared to babies born to physician mothers before the work reform, babies born to physician mothers after the reform had higher birth weights and a lower chance of being born small for their gestational age. Lilly Springer, Time, 29 July 2026 By 2022, thanks to strong advocacy, the laws around gestational surrogacy had changed, and Cohen was able to welcome his daughter in New York. Morgan Mouchette, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestational
Adjective
  • Victoria Gioia, who cofounded the stage-specific prenatal vitamin line Perelel, agreed.
    Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • No one blinks at a pregnant Sarah constantly running through hails of gunfire — sans prenatal vitamins or a home.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Egg freezing, formally called oocyte preservation, is one of the clearest ways to extend a woman’s childbearing years.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a midwife assigned to every childbearing individual, regardless of the risk status of the pregnancy.
    DeAnna Taylor, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Gestational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestational. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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