Early term

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Can you help me to say the following sentences more naturally?

How do you know whether she is pregant or not? If she is in early term in pregnancy, her belly is not visible. But if she is in late term in pregnancy, the bump is visible.

Chalkbrd · Accepted Answer

Here is my suggestion:

How do you know if she's pregnant or not? She won't show if it's still early in her pregnancy.

The term "show" is how we talk about seeing what some call the "baby bump."

I'm not sure how formal you want the second sentence to be. If you were talking casually, you might say, "When she's about four or five months along, the baby bump will be visible." If you want to be more formal, you might say, "Later in the pregnancy, the woman's belly will begin to expand and the pregnancy will be obvious."

"Late term" would mean near the very end of the pregnancy (like 8-9 months) and most women begin to show their baby bump at about 4-5 months. Instead of using the word "term," we'd probably say she was 4 or 5 months along. The word "along" is what we use to talk about where a woman is in her pregnancy.

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