Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 160:1

מפני הסכנה הכא במאי עסקינן כשגמרו סימניו דתניא איזהו בן שמנה כל שלא כלו לו חדשיו רבי אומר סימנין מוכיחין עליו שערו וצפרניו שלא גמרו טעמא דלא גמרו הא גמרו אמרינן האי בר ז' הוא ואישתהויי הוא דאישתהי

in order to avert danger!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the mother and the child. The latter might otherwise die of starvation before his time, and the former might contract serious illness through the accumulation of superfluous milk in her breasts. V. Tosef. Shab. XVI. Now, since the child, because he is not viable, is regarded as a stone (v. p. 545. n. 13), how could he ever attain the age of twenty? ');">¹</span> — Here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the cited Baraitha. ');">²</span> we are dealing with one whose marks<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of viability. such as hair and nails. ');">³</span>

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