Commentary for Yevamot 173:15

לא מה לי עשה עובר כילוד לענין ייבום שהרי עשה מתים כחיים נעשה עובר כילוד לענין תרומה שלא עשה מתים כחיים ת"ל כנעוריה פרט למעוברת

excludes a pregnant woman.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who, being with child, does not return as in her youth. ');">⁴⁶</span> But could not this [law,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a pregnant woman, like one who has a born child, does not regain her right to eat terumah. ');">⁴⁷</span> however, be arrived at by] logical argument: If where a child by a first husband is not regarded as the child by the second husband, in respect of exempting the woman from the levirate marriage,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A woman whose husband died without issue is not exempt from the levirate marriage, though she may have a son by a former husband. ');">⁴⁸</span> the embryo is nevertheless regarded as a born child,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A pregnant woman is not subject to the levirate marriage. ');">⁴⁹</span>

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