Medicaid does not pay money to you; instead, it sends payments directly to your health care providers. Depending on your stateâs rules, you may also be asked to pay a small part of the cost (co-payment) for some medical and mental health services.edicaid does not pay money to you; instead, it sends payments directly to your health care providers. Depending on your stateâs rules, you may also be asked to pay a small part of the cost (co-payment) for some medical and mental health services.
Braxton Hicks contractions. During the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, you may have episodes when your belly tightens and becomes firm to the touch, then relaxes. These are episodes of tightening (contraction) of the uterine muscles called Braxton Hicks contractions.
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. It usually lasts around 40 weeks from the last menstrual period (LMP) and ends in childbirth. This is just over 9 lunar months, where each month is about 29Â½ days.regnancy is typically broken into three periods, or trimesters, each of about three months. Obstetricians define each trimester as lasting for 14 weeks, resulting in a total duration of 42 weeks, although the average duration of pregnancy is actually about 40 weeks.