A pregnancy normally lasts around 40 weeks. However, a fairly high proportion of women, 22%, pass their due date and are pregnant for 41 weeks or longer.

Why is full-term pregnancy important? It's important to know when babies are developed enough to be born as healthy as possible. For most babies, this is at 39 weeks. Babies who reach this point ...

A pregnancy normally lasts around 40 weeks. However, a fairly high proportion of women—22%—pass their due date and are pregnant for 41 weeks or longer.