What age is birth period?

It is measured in weeks, from the first day of the woman's last menstrual cycle to the current date. A normal pregnancy can range from 38 to 42 weeks. Infants born before 37 weeks are considered premature. Infants born after 42 weeks are considered postmature.
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What is birth period?

Pregnancy lasts for about 280 days or 40 weeks. A preterm or premature baby is delivered before 37 weeks of your pregnancy. Extremely preterm infants are born 23 through 28 weeks. Moderately preterm infants are born between 29 and 33 weeks. Late preterm infants are born between 34 and 37 weeks.
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Can a 12 year old get pregnant?

Technically, women can get pregnant and bear children from puberty when they start getting their menstrual period to menopause when they stop getting it. The average woman's reproductive years are between ages 12 and 51. Your fertility naturally declines as you get older, which could make it harder for you to conceive.
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What is the period of time before birth called?

Gestation is the period of time between conception and birth when a baby grows and develops inside the mother's womb.
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Is 42 too old to have a baby?

With age, you're also at a higher risk for disorders that affect your fertility. If you get pregnant at 40 to 45 years old, experts consider this a “late” pregnancy. But it's still possible to get pregnant and deliver a healthy baby in your 40s. Childbirth at older ages has become more common too.
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Is 50 too old to have a baby?

While it's not impossible to become pregnant naturally at 50, it is very rare. Women are born with all of the eggs they will ever have. As you get older, you have fewer eggs, and they are more likely to have abnormalities. Most women who get pregnant after 50 use donor eggs.
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Can you accidentally get pregnant at 45?

By age 35, there's about a 15 percent chance of getting pregnant naturally per menstrual cycle, and by age 40, it drops to around 5 percent or less per cycle (around 1 in 10 women per cycle). At 45, there's only a slim chance of conceiving naturally, without fertility treatments or help.
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What are the 3 stages of birth?

Labour has three stages:
  • The first stage is when the neck of the womb (cervix) opens to 10cm dilated.
  • The second stage is when the baby moves down through the vagina and is born.
  • The third stage is when the placenta (afterbirth) is delivered.
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What happens to the sperm when a woman is already pregnant?

Most of it will simply be discharged from the body through the vaginal opening. Thanks to the placenta, amniotic sac, and mucus plug covering the cervix, your baby has a protection system that's very specific about what goes in and stays out!
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Is sperm good for the baby during pregnancy?

Specifically, those frequently exposed to seminal fluid during pregnancy had a lower risk of getting preeclampsia. Semen/sperm contains HLA-G. This is a protein that strengthens the immune system. Exposure to it helps to protect the body from preeclampsia.
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Can boys get pregnant?

People who are born male and living as men cannot get pregnant. A transgender man or nonbinary person may be able to, however. It is only possible for a person to be pregnant if they have a uterus. The uterus is the womb, which is where the fetus develops.
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How old is the youngest mother?

Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlina meˈðina]; born 23 September 1933) is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth aged five years, seven months, and 21 days.
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Can a 15 year old boy make a girl pregnant?

A woman can get pregnant if she has vaginal sex with a man at any age after she's begun having regular monthly periods. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , in 2017, around 194,000 babies were born to American girls between the ages of 15 to 19.
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Are babies born at 39 or 40 weeks?

Full term: Your baby is born between 39 weeks, 0 days and 40 weeks, 6 days. Late term: Your baby is born between 41 weeks, 0 days and 41 weeks, 6 days. Post term: Your baby is born after 42 weeks, 0 days.
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What day did I get pregnant?

Last Menstrual Period

Conception usually occurs around 11-21 days after the first day of the last period of a woman who has a regular period. The estimation of conception date is based on this, but is rarely ever exact since it is difficult to know exactly when ovulation occurs.
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Is it 9 months of pregnancy or 10?

Is pregnancy nine or 10 months long? Your 40 weeks of pregnancy are counted as nine months.
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Can u get pregnant while pregnant?

A double pregnancy, or superfetation, is extremely rare — in fact, there aren't even stats on how often it happens — but it's scientifically possible. We're not saying you should worry about it happening to you, just that you can't say that it's impossible.
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What happens when you sleep with another man while pregnant?

Sex itself won't hurt your baby, but catching a sexually transmitted infection (STI) could harm you and your baby. So even though you're already pregnant, make sure your new sexual partner uses a condom.
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Is giving birth to a child painful?

Yes, childbirth is painful. But it's manageable. In fact, nearly half of first-time moms (46 percent) said the pain they experienced with their first child was better than they expected, according to a nationwide survey commissioned by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) in honor of Mother's Day.
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What do labour pains feel like?

Labor contractions usually cause discomfort or a dull ache in your back and lower abdomen, along with pressure in the pelvis. Contractions move in a wave-like motion from the top of the uterus to the bottom. Some women describe contractions as strong menstrual cramps.
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What is the longest labor can last?

The first stage of labor is the longest stage. For first-time moms, it can last from 12 to 19 hours . It may be shorter (about 14 hours) for moms who've already had children. It's when contractions become strong and regular enough to cause your cervix to dilate (open) and thin out (efface).
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Who has a baby at 47?

(CNN) -- This month, actress Kelly Preston announced that she was pregnant at the age of 47, prompting TV talk show discussions about the marvels of modern medicine that allowed Preston and her husband, actor John Travolta, to have a baby so late in life.
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What is the maximum age for a man to have a baby?

There is no set age-related limit on male fertility, though sperm quality declines slightly as a male ages. By the time a male is in his 60s, a reduction in number and quality of the sperm might make it more difficult to conceive. Age is not the only factor that may affect a person's ability to conceive.
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What is a menopause baby?

The menopause baby

The woman may go for months or even a year between having one period and the next. This long time frame is what may lead to a menopause baby. During the time when the female body is not having a menstrual cycle, the body may still be releasing those last few eggs.
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What age should you stop having kids?

A woman's peak reproductive years are between the late teens and late 20s. By age 30, fertility (the ability to get pregnant) starts to decline. This decline becomes more rapid once you reach your mid-30s. By 45, fertility has declined so much that getting pregnant naturally is unlikely for most women.
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