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What is the average duration of human pregnancy?


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Gestation:

  1. The development of the embryo inside the uterus of a human takes around 280 days or nine months. This period is also known as the gestation period or pregnancy period.
  2. The gestation period is calculated from the first day of the menstrual cycle.

Hence, the average duration of human pregnancy is nine months.


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