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.
Your baby's development at 37-40 weeks of pregnancy. At 37 weeks, your pregnancy is considered full-term. The baby's gut (digestive system) now contains meconium â the sticky, green substance that will form your baby's first poo after birth.