The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES)
in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
IM for articles on normal pregnancy, NIM as check tag; in children or adolescents,
see note under PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; surrogate pregnancy = SURROGATE MOTHERS;
for "pregnancy" in non-placental organisms (fish, reptiles, monotremes for example):
use OVIPARITY; OVOVIVIPARITY; or VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN