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David, We're Pregnant! is a 1973 book of pregnancy-themed comic strips by Lynn Johnston (originally under the name "Lynn Franks"), [1] based on cartoons that she had drawn to decorate the ceilings of her obstetrician's office. [2]
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The term cryptic pregnancy is used by medical professionals to describe a pregnancy that is not recognized by the woman who is pregnant until she is in labor or has given birth. [1] The term is also used online for a special form of false pregnancy (pseudocyesis), or delusion of pregnancy, in which a woman who has no medical verification of ...
People who wish to look pregnant, generally for social, sexual, psychological or entertainment purposes, have the option of body suits and the like to wear under their clothes. It can be done by using pillows or pads, or light-weighing, small balls with a round shape to simulate a pregnant abdomen.
Examination, ultrasound, and pregnancy tests can be used to rule out false pregnancy. [1] False pregnancy has a prominent psychiatric component as well as physical manifestations of pregnancy. [2] It can be caused by trauma (either physical or mental), a chemical imbalance of hormones, [2] [3] and some medical conditions. [1]
The strip was a four-panel comic with Ethan entering a hospital, asking a receptionist for directions, talking to a doctor, and finding Lilah crying on her side in a hospital bed, implying that she had suffered a miscarriage. There were two more comics set at the hospital in the storyline, before CAD returned to typical material. [3]
Kaylan Wilhelm tested pregnant. She had a molar pregnancy and developed gestational trophoblastic disease, a rare cancer that develops from abnormal pregnancy. Her pregnancy test was positive, but ...
The term "rabbit test" was first recorded in 1949, and was the origin of a common euphemism, "the rabbit died", for a positive pregnancy test. [4] The phrase was, in fact, based on a common misconception about the test. While many people assumed that the injected rabbit would die only if the woman was pregnant, in fact all rabbits used for the ...