- pregnancy
- nounADJECTIVE▪ early▪ late▪ full-term, post-term▪ healthy, normal▪ successful▪ difficult▪
She had a difficult pregnancy with her first child.
▪ high-risk▪ ectopic▪emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy
▪ multiple▪twins or other multiple pregnancies
▪ first, second, etc.▪ teen (esp. AmE), teenage▪ out-of-wedlock, unwed (both esp. AmE)▪ unintended, unplanned, unwanted▪There are thousands of unwanted teenage pregnancies every year.
VERB + PREGNANCY▪ have▪ avoid, prevent▪They took no precautions to avoid pregnancy.
▪ plan▪50% of all pregnancies are not planned.
▪ confirm▪The doctor confirmed my pregnancy and told me to come back at 12 weeks.
▪ continue, continue with▪the difficult decision about whether to continue with a pregnancy
▪ hide▪I tried hard to hide my pregnancy.
▪ abort, end, terminate▪the right of a woman to terminate her pregnancy
PREGNANCY + VERB▪ progress▪Here's what can happen as your pregnancy progresses.
▪ go to full term, go to term▪women whose pregnancies have gone to term
PREGNANCY + NOUN▪ test▪a home pregnancy test kit
▪ rate▪Teen pregnancy rates have fallen.
▪ complicationsPREPOSITION▪ during (a/the) pregnancy, in (a/the) pregnancy▪Lower blood pressure is common in early pregnancy.
▪ throughout (a/the) pregnancy▪You will be tested throughout your pregnancy.
PHRASES▪ carry a pregnancy to term▪a woman who intends to carry her pregnancy to term
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
