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.

Find out what your baby and body are doing in the last week of your pregnancy, including any symptoms to expect, and final things you should be doing at 42 weeks pregnant. We have enlisted the ...

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.

(This June 7 story corrects, in paragraph 6, list of countries with one trial each to include Turkey, not Sweden) By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who have not delivered by ...