U. S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, and, former President Bill Clinton, blow out the candles on a cake at Hillary Rodham Clinton's 59th birthday party at Tavern on the Green in New York, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006.
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 womanâs last period, not the date of conception which generally occurs two weeks later.
Thatâs right, most women give birth between 38 and 42 weeks. NOT 38-40 weeks. Very few babies are born ON their due date, because itâs just an EDDâ¦ESTIMATED due date! Giving birth between 37-42 weeks is NORMAL according to ACOG.âThe average length of pregnancy is 280 days, or 40 weeks from the first day of a womanâs last menstrual period.ery few babies are born ON their due date, because itâs just an EDDâ¦ESTIMATED due date! Giving birth between 37-42 weeks is NORMAL according to ACOG. âThe average length of pregnancy is 280 days, or 40 weeks from the first day of a womanâs last menstrual period.