Complex sentence: Over several months, they make love quite often and eventually Emmeline becomes pregnant, but Dicky and Emmeline don't understand the physical changes happening to Emmeline's body and have no knowledge of childbirth.
Split into simpler sentences: Over several months, they make love quite often and eventually Emmeline becomes pregnant. However, Dicky and Emmeline don't understand the physical changes happening to Emmeline's body and have no knowledge of childbirth.