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.
The unborn baby spends around 38 weeks in the womb, but the average length of pregnancy (gestation) is counted as 40 weeks. This is because pregnancy is counted from the first day of the womanâs last period, not the date of conception, which generally occurs two weeks later.