Loading...
Loading...
Calculate your due date and track your pregnancy
Human pregnancy averages 280 days (40 weeks) from the last menstrual period. Only 4% of babies are born on their exact due date.
African elephants have the longest pregnancy at 22 months. Alpine salamanders hold the record at up to 3 years!
A baby's heart starts beating at just 5-6 weeks. By week 10, it beats at 170 bpm - twice as fast as mom's!
Babies can taste what mom eats through amniotic fluid by 13-15 weeks and develop food preferences before birth.
Babies can see light through the womb by 18 weeks. By week 26, their eyes can open and respond to bright lights.
Twin babies start touching each other in the womb by week 14 and play together before they're born.
If babies grew at their first-trimester rate for 9 months, they'd be 1.5 tons at birth! Growth slows significantly.
Babies recognize their mother's voice from the womb. They can distinguish it from other voices at birth.