gestation

As females grow larger to support reproduction and gestation, that potential benefit may become less important.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

“So it has been a long gestation period,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Mifepristone, which prevents pregnancy progression, and misoprostol, which empties the uterus, are approved to terminate a pregnancy up to 70 days of gestation in the United States.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

This change was made permanent in 2022, so women can take pills at home for gestation of up to nine weeks and six days.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

His will, it turned out, was that Emily give birth at home at twenty-six weeks’ gestation.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

“Potentially, those gestations that would have ended in fetal death in 2021 were born alive in 2022 and then died shortly after,” Ms. Gemmill said in an interview.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

For one, it works best with species that have big litters and short gestations, Quimon points out.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2021

Finally, some mothers, including the obese, jogged on little running wheels throughout the resulting pregnancies, voluntarily covering up to seven miles a week in the early stages of their three-week gestations.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2021

The researchers who do this work say it would be impossible to use this technology with babies younger than about 21 weeks—and that pushing to earlier gestations is not their goal.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2020

Increased skill in diagnosis would raise the number of children brought to baptism, but it would more than proportionately raise the whole number of ectopic gestations discovered.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley