Pregnancy Duration | MCQs

Explanation

The average length of pregnancy is 9 months 240 days and 40 weeks.

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concept

Pregnancy is counted from the first day of your last menstrual period.

This means an extra 2 weeks are counted at the beginning of your pregnancy when you aren't actually pregnant.

So pregnancy lasts 10 months (40 weeks)

—not 9 months—because of these extra weeks.