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What is the time span of human gestation?


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Human gestation period:

  1. The gestation period is the amount of time needed for a fetus's development from the day of conception to birth.
  2. Throughout this phase, the foetus's various organs grow at different times.
  3. Various animal species have different gestational periods.
  4. It is regarded as an approximation of the time from the start of a woman's last menstruation.
  5. An estimated 40 weeks, or 280 days, are needed for a human infant to develop inside the mother's womb.

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