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  • adjective Before the onset of pregnancy.

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pre- +‎ pregnancy

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Examples

  • This new state of "prepregnancy" adds to the already growing trend toward blaming women for health concerns in their children and put them under the microscope for what they could/should have done.

    May 2006 2006

  • This new state of "prepregnancy" adds to the already growing trend toward blaming women for health concerns in their children and put them under the microscope for what they could/should have done.

    Women as Wombs - And She Knits Too! 2006

  • Proponents of universal prepregnancy genetic screening make a bold claim: If these tests were widely available, they could significantly reduce, and possibly eliminate, hereditary diseases.

    A Genetic Test for Prospective Parents Michael Totty 2010

  • Here are the new recommendations for total weight gain during pregnancy based on prepregnancy body mass index, or BMI.

    How to feed your baby right, even before birth 2009

  • For me, when it finally happened, I was especially excited about fitting into my prepregnancy jeans.

    The Mommy Diet Alison J. Sweeney 2011

  • Most prepregnancy genetic testing was performed for one of only a few diseases and only for certain ethnic groups, such as the screening for Tay-Sachs disease offered since the early 1980s to Jewish parents.

    A Genetic Test for Prospective Parents Michael Totty 2010

  • For me, when it finally happened, I was especially excited about fitting into my prepregnancy jeans.

    The Mommy Diet Alison J. Sweeney 2011

  • When couples go through prepregnancy genetic analysis, labs typically test only for the 50 to 100 most-common possible mutations.

    Linking Male Infertility and Disease Risks Shirley S. Wang 2010

  • When couples go through prepregnancy genetic analysis, labs typically test only for the 50 to 100 most-common possible mutations.

    Linking Male Infertility and Disease Risks Shirley S. Wang 2010

  • By September of that year, I had lost the “baby” weight and was back into my prepregnancy clothes.

    THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

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