How long is the longest you can be pregnant?

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. Your health care provider can do special tests to check on the health of your baby.

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What is the longest time a woman has been pregnant?

The longest pregnancy ever recorded was 375 days long (17 months). In comparison most women are pregnant for 280 days.

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How far overdue can a pregnancy go?

Between 41 weeks and 41 weeks and six days, a pregnancy is called late-term. When a pregnancy reaches 42 weeks and beyond, it's postterm. Late-term and postterm pregnancy can raise the risk of some health problems, including: Larger than average birth size (fetal macrosomia).

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What causes baby to overdue?

You are more likely to be overdue if you are obese, have never given birth before or if you're over the age of 30. Your midwife or doctor will check that both you and your baby are healthy by giving you ultrasound scans and checking your baby's movement and heartbeat.

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Can you be pregnant for 43 weeks?

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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Superfetation: When You Get Pregnant... Even Though You're Already Pregnant

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Can a baby stay in the womb for 12 months?

“It's highly unlikely that you would have a pregnancy that would go beyond 10 or 11 months. Highly unlikely…”

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What is the shortest pregnancy?

The shortest known gestation is that of the Virginian opossum, about 12 days, and the longest that of the Indian elephant, about 22 months. In the course of evolution the duration of gestation has become adapted to the needs of the species.

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How many child can a woman give birth in her life?

According to research, a woman can have somewhere around 15 to 30 babies in her lifetime.

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What is the oldest mother to give birth?

Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara is the oldest verified mother; she was aged 66 years 358 days when she gave birth to twins; she was 130 days older than Adriana Iliescu, who gave birth in 2005 to a baby girl. In both cases the children were conceived through IVF with donor eggs.

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How many fathers can a baby have?

The baby's mother might have had many sexual encounters with different men and she might not know who the father of the baby is. However, the baby cannot have different biological fathers. The baby will only have one biological father: the owner of the sperm that fecundated the egg that became the baby.

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How many children can you have in China?

Three-child policy (Chinese: 三孩政策; pinyin: Sānhái Zhèngcè), whereby a couple can have three children, was a family planning policy in the People's Republic of China.

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Who had the most babies ever?

Valentina Vassilyev and her husband Feodor Vassilyev are alleged to hold the record for the most children a couple has produced. She gave birth to a total of 69 children – sixteen pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets – between 1725 and 1765, a total of 27 births.

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Can a pregnant woman get pregnant again?

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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Who is the biggest baby in the world?

The heaviest baby born to a healthy mother was a boy weighing 10.2 kg (22 lb 8 oz) who was born to Sig. Carmelina Fedele (Italy) at Aversa, Italy in September 1955.

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Can a baby be in the womb for 3 years?

There is no evidence that such pregnancies exist, and doctors use the term cryptic pregnancy to describe cases where women don't realize they are pregnant, either for psychological or hormonal reasons.

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Can a 1 year old carry pregnant?

So, YES! You can wear you baby or toddler while pregnant! It is completely safe for most women to continue to babywear throughout pregnancy. There are many benefits to babywearing, for mother and baby, and these benefits do not have to end when expecting a new brother or sister.

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Can you be in the womb for 10 months?

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.

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Can twins have different dads?

But you may be left wondering: Can twins have different fathers? The answer is yes, but only in cases in which they're fraternal, as identical twins form from a single egg/sperm combination and thus cannot have different fathers.

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What happens to sperm when 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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Can you get pregnant from Precum?

Pre-cum doesn't usually have any sperm in it. But some people may have a small amount of sperm in their pre-cum. If there is sperm in someone's pre-cum, and that pre-cum gets into your vagina, it could possibly fertilize an egg and lead to pregnancy.

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How old is the youngest father?

9 years old

This father and mother are the youngest biological parents in terms of combined age on record. They were farmers, with the surname Hsi, from Amoy, Fukien, and went on to marry and have four children.

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What is the first color a baby sees?

Young babies are indeed capable of seeing colors, but their brains may not perceive them as clearly or vividly as older children and adults do. The first primary color your baby can see is red, and this happens a few weeks into life.

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How many kids can you have in Japan?

Administration. The organizational structure of the two-child policy was housed under different governmental units since its conception in the 1960s.

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What countries have a child limit?

China, known for its strict birth control policies, had a one-child limit until 2016
  • Here's a list of a few countries that have restrictive or incentive-driven child policies:
  • Japan. Japan has a well-rounded welfare system in place to encourage child birth. ...
  • South Korea. ...
  • Turkey. ...
  • Vietnam. ...
  • India. ...
  • Nigeria. ...
  • New Zealand.

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