Pregnancy

Pregnancy is the time during which 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, and ends in childbirth.
==References==
* Sesame Street's first teaching of the subject in a street story involves Oscar trying to find the appropriate gift for Karen's soon-to-be-born child in Episode 0587.
* Kermit and Miss Piggy (in a wedding dress stuffed with a pillow so that she looks pregnant) performed "Waiting at the Church" in episode 223 of The Muppet Show. The song follows an expecting bride who is stood up on her wedding day. The reason, as Kermit states: "Can't get away to marry you today, my wife won't let me."
* The story of Buffy's pregnancy was told off-screen through a series of letters she wrote to her friends on Sesame Street. She first delivers the news in Episode 1010 by way of a photo of herself where she appears to be in her third trimester.
* Maria's pregnancy was a significant story arc during the 20th season of Sesame Street.
* While brainstorming ideas for a fourth Muppet film to follow The Muppets Take Manhattan, Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl considered a proposal for a film where Miss Piggy might be pregnant. Henson dismissed the concept, calling it a little too "specific and explicit."Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones (page 407)
* A visibly pregnant Queen Quinella appears in the Sesame Street home video, A New Baby in My House.
* Slimey's mother is shown as being pregnant with his sister Sloppy in Episode 3307 of Sesame Street.
* Mama Bear's pregnancy and subsequent birth of Curly Bear was told over the course of three episodes in 2003, and later collected on home video as Three Bears and a New Baby.
* In The Muppets episode "Pig Girls Don't Cry," Scooter asks Pepe about his cousin's wedding. Pepe comments on her dress, stating "there's not many options when you're pregnant with, like, 4,000 babies." According to Sam the Eagle, the first step in the process of making babies is shaking hands.
* In the Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock season two finale "Hope and Socks," Ma Gorg is revealed to be pregnant with another child much to the shock of Pa Gorg and Junior Gorg.
==Notes==
* Miss Piggy caused controversy in 2015 with an off-hand remark concerning abortion. In an interview after receiving the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art's First Award, MSNBC reporter Irin Carmon asked Miss Piggy, "Are you pro-choice?" Piggy responded: "I am pro-everything!" The remark drew criticism from conservatives. newsbusters.org: MSNBC's Carmon Asks Miss Piggy 'Are you Pro-Choice?'Left-Wing Muppets: Miss Piggy Comes Out as Pro-Choice Feminist
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==See also==
*Sex
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