Is pregnancy 10 months or 9 months?

A full-term pregnancy is roughly 40 weeks or 280 days (give or take up to 7 days) since your LMP. Of course, 40 weeks is generally thought of as 10 months, rather than 9 months. The variation in the number of days per calendar month, however, accounts for this discrepancy.
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Are you pregnant 9 or 10 months?

Is pregnancy nine or 10 months long? Your 40 weeks of pregnancy are counted as nine months.
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Is there 10 months in pregnancy?

There are about 40 weeks in a full-term pregnancy. 1 If you assume that a month is exactly four weeks long, that makes 10 months of pregnancy. The problem with this calculation is that it assumes that each month lasts 28 days. But most of our calendar months last 30 or 31 days.
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How many weeks pregnant is 9 months?

At 36 weeks pregnant, you're officially nine months along.
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Can you give birth at 10 months?

When you're 10 months pregnant, your fetus reaches its final stage of development and you give birth.
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Why is it 9 months but 40 weeks?

Sure, a month is basically four weeks, but they're (mostly) all actually a little bit longer, and by different amounts. There's technically 4.3 weeks in each month, in a very nonexact sort of way, and so a 40-week pregnancy is more like 9.3 months. That .
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What's the longest pregnancy?

30 Facts About Pregnancy
  • 30 facts about pregnancy. The longest recorded pregnancy was 375 days. According to a 1945 entry in Time Magazine, a woman named Beulah Hunter gave birth in Los Angeles nearly 100 days after the average 280-day pregnancy. ...
  • 5 myths. Myth: The shape of your belly can predict the gender of your baby.
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Is 37 weeks considered 9 months?

If you're 37 weeks pregnant, you're in month 9 of your pregnancy.
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Can I give birth at 7 months than 8 months?

Yes, a baby can safely be born at 32 weeks, but they may need specialized care to help support their development as they navigate their early days in the world. A baby who's born before week 37 of pregnancy is considered to be premature.
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Is 36 weeks full term?

Babies born between 37 and 42 weeks of pregnancy are called “full term.” Babies born between 34 and 36 full weeks of pregnancy are called “late preterm” babies. Your baby may look and act like a baby born on its due date, but he is not fully mature and he may have trouble in many ways.
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Can you be pregnant for 11 months?

Director of Health Services, Dr Simon Zwane said it was not normal for a person to be pregnant for 11 months. “This is not normal and I don't think this woman was pregnant for 11 months. Sometimes it happens that women miscalculate the months. Medically, a woman should give birth within 38 to 40 weeks of pregnancy.
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Can you give birth at 8 months?

Some possible indications of preterm labor at eight months pregnant can include the following: Regular contractions. Your water breaking. Mucus plug discharge.
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Can a baby be born after 11 months?

(This can also be called a prolonged or overdue pregnancy.) About 60 percent of women will give birth on or before their due date. Only about 1 in 10 babies is officially overdue or born beyond 42 weeks of pregnancy though.
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Are babies born exactly 9 months?

There are some things you can be certain of, how long pregnancy lasts being one. But while we all have gone throughout our lives thinking we add nine months to work out when a baby is due, it's not exactly right. It takes about 38 weeks from the day you conceive to the day you deliver, which isn't nine months.
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How many months are you actually pregnant?

And it's true that you're pregnant for about 9 months. But because pregnancy is measured from the first day of your last menstrual period — about 3-4 weeks before you're actually pregnant — a full-term pregnancy usually totals about 40 weeks from LMP — roughly 10 months.
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Is a pregnancy 38 or 40 weeks?

The unborn baby spends around 38 weeks in the uterus, but the average length of pregnancy, or gestation, is counted at 40 weeks. Pregnancy is counted from the first day of the woman's last period, not the date of conception which generally occurs two weeks later.
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Can a baby be born pregnant?

A baby born in Hong Kong was pregnant with her own siblings at the time of her birth, according to a new report of the infant's case. The baby's condition, known as fetus-in-fetu, is incredibly rare, occurring in only about 1 in every 500,000 births.
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Can a baby stay in the womb for 12 months?

Can pregnancy be 12 months long? Yes, if you include planning as a necessary component, sort of a trimester of its own.
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Is 34 old to have a baby?

If you are thinking about having a baby in your late thirties or early forties, you are not alone. Women ages 35-45 are increasingly becoming first-time moms. And most healthy women in this age group have healthy pregnancies, births and babies.
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Is a 42 week pregnancy normal?

Most pregnancies last 37 to 42 weeks, but some take longer. If your pregnancy lasts more than 42 weeks, it is called post-term (past due). This happens in a small number of pregnancies. While there are some risks in a post-term pregnancy, most post-term babies are born healthy.
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Can I deliver at 38 weeks?

26 percent of births occur at 37 to 38 weeks. About 7 percent of births occur at weeks 34 to 36. About 6.5 percent of births occur at week 41 or later.
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How many months is 32 weeks pregnant?

If you're 32 weeks pregnant, you're in month 8 of your pregnancy. Only 1 month left to go!
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Can you hear a baby cry in the womb?

While it's true your baby can cry in the womb, it doesn't make a sound, and it's not something to worry about. The baby's practice cries include imitating the breathing pattern, facial expression, and mouth movements of a baby crying outside of the womb.
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What's a stone baby?

A lithopedion (also spelled lithopaedion; from Ancient Greek: λίθος "stone" and Ancient Greek: παιδίον "small child, infant"), or stone baby, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy, is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies on the outside as part ...
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What is the fastest baby delivery?

It is being hailed as the world's fastest delivery of a human baby. In just one push, Sophie Bugg (29) has given birth to her daughter in 27 seconds at her home in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She was 38 weeks pregnant.
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