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SwissTony

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14. The "normal" gestation period is counted from the first day

Reply to Takket (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 01:45 PM

Jan 2018

of the last cycle of menstruation before pregnancy.

Probably few women actually fall pregnant during that cycle or the days following it, so 38 weeks is probably a better estimate.

Something I learned while working as a biostatistician in an Artificial Reproduction Centre.

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