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Aug. 20, 2024, 2:53 AM ET (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (.gov))
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Epilepsy and pregnancy: Evaluating increased risks and outcomes in a large Nordic dataset
pregnancy, process and series of changes that take place in a woman’s organs and tissues as a result of a developing fetus. The entire process from fertilization to birth takes an average of 266–270 days, or about nine months. (For pregnancies other than those in humans, see gestation.) A new individual is created when the elements of a potent sperm merge with those of a fertile ovum, or egg. Before this union both the spermatozoon (sperm) and the ovum have migrated for considerable distances in order to achieve their union. A number of actively motile spermatozoa are deposited in the ...(100 of 19882 words)