gestation

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The company says its product, which works solely with bovine breath samples, has detected gestation with 94% accuracy in lab tests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The review's timeline indicates it would probably have analysed the case of Chloe Vowels-Lovett, whose baby, Esme, was stillborn at 38 weeks' gestation in February 2022.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Female maned wolves are only fertile for approximately five days a year, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo, and have a gestation period of 65 days.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

RSV immunizations are recommended for everyone age 75 and up, babies younger than 8 months, and pregnant women between 32 weeks to 36 weeks of gestation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

As a fat man, I walked with the foot soldiers so as not to jounce the gestation.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston