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Adjective
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The two sat in lawn chairs into the night and brainstormed ways to connect more women to services — such as free prenatal classes.—
Katheryn Houghton,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2026 -
The facility will offer prenatal care, birth services, postpartum care, lactation support, holistic reproductive health care, childbirth education, and wellness programming.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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At least one of the passengers was pregnant.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The culprits, in his view, are the endocrine disruptors embedded in plastics, cosmetics, and above all pesticides, which a pregnant mother absorbs at levels that can affect not just her child but potentially her grandchildren.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities.—
Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2022
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Many of the couple's friends, family and fans commented under the post, sharing their congratulations for the expectant parents.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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From postpartum recovery to nursing know-hows, here are the winners of Parents Best for Baby Awards for new and expectant parents.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
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George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cost was a deciding factor for Amy Sawyer-Williams, who works at a theater company in Raleigh, North Carolina, and has gestational diabetes.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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For example, a number of pregnancy complications, like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and miscarriages, put women at higher lifetime risk of heart disease.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Parturient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturient. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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