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BabyCenter is a parenting website providing information on conception, pregnancy, birth, and early childhood for parents and parents-to-be.

Pregnancy, also known as gravidity or gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman.

A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins.

Pregnancy can occur by sexual intercourse or assisted reproductive technology.

Childbirth typically occurs around 40 weeks from the last menstrual period (LMP).

This is just over nine lunar months, where each month is about 29½ days.

When measured from conception it is about 38 weeks.

An embryo is the developing offspring during the first eight weeks following conception, after which, the term fetus is used until birth.

Symptoms of early pregnancy may include missed periods, tender breasts, nausea and vomiting, hunger, and frequent urination.

Pregnancy may be confirmed with a pregnancy test.

Child care or childcare, child minding, daycare, or preschool is the caring for and supervision of a child or children, usually from age six weeks to age thirteen.

Child care is the action or skill of looking after children by a day-care center, babysitter, or other providers.

Child care can also include advanced learning environments that include early childhood education.

Child care is a broad topic covering a wide spectrum of contexts, activities, social and cultural conventions, and institutions.

The majority of child care institutions that are available require that child care providers have extensive training in first aid and are CPR certified.

In addition, background checks, drug testing at all centers, and reference verification are normally a requirement.

Child care can cost up to $15,000 for one year in the United States.

The average annual cost of full-time care for an infant.

Canada (French) is a country in the northern half of North America.

Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering, making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area.

Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest binational land border.

The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer.

Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains.

It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border.

One third of the population lives in the three largest cities: Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

Its capital is Ottawa, and other major urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton.

A toddler is a child 12 to 36 months old.

The toddler years are a time of great cognitive, emotional and social development.

The word is derived from "to toddle", which means to walk unsteadily, like a child of this age.