- the state of being pregnant
- a pregnancy test
- during pregnancy Many women experience sickness during pregnancy.
- unplanned/unwanted pregnancies
- the increase in teenage pregnancies
Collocations ChildrenChildrenHaving a baby/child- want a baby/a child/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
- be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
- bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
- feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
- educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
- adopt a baby/child/kid
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- (especially British English) foster a child/kid
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc1- Here's what can happen as your pregnancy progresses.
- I tried hard to hide my pregnancy.
- Lower blood pressure is common in early pregnancy.
- She had a difficult pregnancy with her first child.
- The doctor confirmed my pregnancy and told me to come back at 12 weeks.
- They took no precautions to avoid pregnancy.
- emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy
- She might consider terminating the pregnancy.
- twins or other multiple pregnancies
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- late
- full-term
- …
- have
- avoid
- prevent
- …
- progress
- go to full term
- go to term
- …
- test
- rate
- complications
- …
- during (a/the) pregnancy
- in (a/the) pregnancy
- throughout (a/the) pregnancy
- …
- carry a pregnancy to term
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