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'Tis the season for conception

  • Written by Micaela Martinez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Medical Center
'Tis the season for conceptionLots of positive pregnancy tests this time of year.Kristina Kokhanova/Shutterstock.com

Does it ever seem like you’re invited to an awful lot of summer birthday gatherings? For good reason. In the United States, most births occur between June and early November. Count back nine months, and you’ll see that places most conceptions in the...

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