#pregnancy__gestation the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
supertype: #physiological_state__physiologicalstate__physiological_condition__physiologicalcondition the condition of the body or bodily functions
subtype: #trouble.pregnancy #gravidity #gravida.pregnancy #parity.pregnancy #ectopic_pregnancy #entopic_pregnancy #placenta_previa
part: #segmentation__cleavage (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
part: #quickening.degree the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels movements of the fetus
part: #parturiency__labor__labour__confinement__lyingin__travail__childbed concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
part: #uterine_contraction__uterinecontraction a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal
part: #effacement shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
part: #asynclitism__obliquity the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
part: #morning_sickness nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy
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