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  2. History of in vitro fertilisation - Wikipedia

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    [1] [5] There was a transient biochemical pregnancy reported by Australian Foxton School researchers in 1953. [6] [failed verification] In 1958, Anne McLaren and John Biggers published a landmark paper in the journal Nature, outlining how they had successfully grown mouse embryos in vitro and transferred them into female mice. This showed it ...

  3. Microchimerism - Wikipedia

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    Microchimerism is a result of pregnancy, possibility that foreign cells were of transfusion or transplantation origin was rejected due to women's health. Women testing positive for male origin microchimerism cells had reduced hazard rates of ovarian cancer than women testing negative. [52] Pregnancy at older ages can reduce risk of ovarian cancer.

  4. Blighted ovum - Wikipedia

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    A blighted ovum is a pregnancy in which the embryo is reabsorbed or never develops at all. [1] In a normal pregnancy, an embryo would be visible on an ultrasound by six weeks after the woman's last menstrual period. [2] Anembryonic gestation is one of the causes of miscarriage of a pregnancy and accounts for roughly half of first-trimester ...

  5. Maternal physiological changes in pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    According to a study conducted by Whitcome, et al., lumbar lordosis can increase from an angle of 32 degrees at 0% fetal mass (i.e. non-pregnant women or very early in pregnancy) to 50 degrees at 100% fetal mass (very late in pregnancy). Postpartum, the angle of the lordosis declines and can reach the angle prior to pregnancy.

  6. Fetal viability - Wikipedia

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    Forty-three states have laws banning post-viability abortions unless pregnancy threatens the life or health of the woman or there is a fetal abnormality. Some allow doctors to decide for themselves if the fetus is viable. Some require doctors to perform tests to prove a fetus is pre-viable and require multiple doctors to certify the findings.

  7. KY Democrats walk out over bill urging women with nonviable ...

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    Here are details of what the bill would mean for nonviable pregnancy care as “alternatives to pregnancy termination.” KY Democrats walk out over bill urging women with nonviable pregnancies ...

  8. Idaho women tearfully recount nonviable pregnancy diagnoses ...

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    Several women took the stand in an Idaho courtroom on Tuesday to testify about their nonviable pregnancies as part of a lawsuit filed by women who were unable to receive abortions due to the state ...

  9. Human reproduction - Wikipedia

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    "Coition of a Hemisected Man and Woman" (c. 1492) by Leonardo da Vinci. Human reproduction normally begins with copulation, though it may be achieved through artificial insemination, and is followed by nine months of pregnancy before childbirth. Pregnancy can be avoided with the use of contraceptives such as condoms and intrauterine devices. [9]