• the fruit of the colocynth is such a violent laxative that it was even used by pregnant women to induce abortion?
• the case of Angela Carder, a cancer patient who was forced to undergo a caesarean section in 1987, established the rights of pregnant women to determine their own health care in the United States?
• according to legend, Saint Juthwara was beheaded by her stepbrother, Bana, because he believed her to be pregnant?
• Emma Cunningham was acquitted of the 1857 murder of her landlord because she falsely claimed to be pregnant by him, and Victorian morality prevented doctors from physically examining her?
• 1980s horror movie actress Ellie Cornell nearly broke out of her typecasting by appearing in the 1992 film A League of Their Own, but had to drop out because she became pregnant?

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Pregnancy

• Australian ophthalmologist Sir Norman McAlister Gregg discovered the link between rubella and congenital disorders in newborn infants after overhearing several of his patients discussing their illness during pregnancy?
• screening and treatment with antibiotics are recommended for asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy?
• acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare but life-threatening disease of pregnancy that is treated with urgent delivery?
• Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia claimed to have a tumor to hide the fact she was pregnant with the illegitimate child of her lover?
• melasma is a skin hyperpigmentation commonly affecting pregnant women that is caused by the overproduction of melanin?
  
• akuaba are dolls, traditionally carried on the backs of Ghanian women who want to conceive?
• What to Expect When You're Expecting has been called "the Bible of American pregnancy" and consistently tops the New York Times Best Seller list in the paperback advice category?
• former Eight is Enough actress Susan Richardson battled an addiction to cocaine after using the drug for weight loss following her pregnancy?
• the current German Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Renate Schmidt was forced to quit school at the age of seventeen because of a pregnancy?